#56BB99#56BB99

#56BB99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.108 H 168.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BB99
RGB	rgb(86, 187, 153)
HSL	hsl(160, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(160, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 0%, 18.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -37.72, 8.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 38.64, 167.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.1057 0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.108 168.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3552, 39.8165, 36.3746)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BB99 #BB5678

analogous

#56BB66 #56BB99 #56AABB

triadic

#56BB99 #9956BB #BB9956

tetradic

#56BB99 #6656BB #BB5678 #AABB56

square

#56BB99 #6656BB #BB5678 #AABB56

split-complementary

#56BB99 #BB56AA #BB6656

monochromatic

#2B6B56 #3D9779 #56BB99 #82CDB3 #ADDECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#56BB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#56BB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BB99

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BB99	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A59B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 187, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.108 168.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0b7',
    500: '#56bb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bb99;
$custom-light: #8dd0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.802,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72219,
    "c": 0.1079,
    "h": 168.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BB99

secondary

#CCA1AF

accent

#557FD2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BB99

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

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