#56BA97#56BA97

#56BA97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.108 H 167.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BA97
RGB	rgb(86, 186, 151)
HSL	hsl(159, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(159, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 0%, 18.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -37.73, 8.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 38.77, 166.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.1055 0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.108 167.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9800, 39.3282, 35.4415)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BA97 #BA5679

analogous

#56BA65 #56BA97 #56ABBA

triadic

#56BA97 #9756BA #BA9756

tetradic

#56BA97 #6556BA #BA5679 #ABBA56

square

#56BA97 #6556BA #BA5679 #ABBA56

split-complementary

#56BA97 #BA56AB #BA6556

monochromatic

#2B6A54 #3D9677 #56BA97 #81CCB2 #ADDDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#56BA97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#56BA97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BA97

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BA97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BA97	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AF95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56ba97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 186, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.108 167.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcfb5',
    500: '#56ba97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56ba97;
$custom-light: #8dcfb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56ba97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159,
    "s": 42.017,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71918,
    "c": 0.10802,
    "h": 167.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BA97

secondary

#CBA0AF

accent

#5681D2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BA97

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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