#56BB97#56BB97

#56BB97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.109 H 167.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BB97
RGB	rgb(86, 187, 151)
HSL	hsl(159, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(159, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 0%, 19.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -38.18, 9.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 39.32, 166.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.1067 0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.109 167.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.1914, 39.7510, 35.5119)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BB97 #BB567A

analogous

#56BB64 #56BB97 #56ACBB

triadic

#56BB97 #9756BB #BB9756

tetradic

#56BB97 #6456BB #BB567A #ACBB56

square

#56BB97 #6456BB #BB567A #ACBB56

split-complementary

#56BB97 #BB56AC #BB6456

monochromatic

#2B6B55 #3D9777 #56BB97 #82CDB2 #ADDECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#56BB97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#56BB97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BB97

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BB97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BB97	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B095

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2ABCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bb97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 187, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.109 167.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0b5',
    500: '#56bb97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bb97;
$custom-light: #8dd0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bb97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.614,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72165,
    "c": 0.10936,
    "h": 167.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BB97

secondary

#CCA1B0

accent

#5582D2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BB97

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

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