#56BB96#56BB96

#56BB96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.110 H 166.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BB96
RGB	rgb(86, 187, 150)
HSL	hsl(158, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(158, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 0%, 19.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -38.41, 9.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 39.66, 165.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.1071 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.11 166.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1105, 39.7186, 35.0860)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BB96 #BB567B

analogous

#56BB63 #56BB96 #56ADBB

triadic

#56BB96 #9656BB #BB9656

tetradic

#56BB96 #6356BB #BB567B #ADBB56

square

#56BB96 #6356BB #BB567B #ADBB56

split-complementary

#56BB96 #BB56AD #BB6356

monochromatic

#2B6B54 #3D9776 #56BB96 #82CDB1 #ADDECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#56BB96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#56BB96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BB96

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BB96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BB96	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BBCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bb96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 187, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.110 166.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0b4',
    500: '#56bb96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bb96;
$custom-light: #8dd0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bb96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.02,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72138,
    "c": 0.11011,
    "h": 166.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BB96

secondary

#CCA1B1

accent

#5583D2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BB96

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

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