#56BB9C#56BB9C

#56BB9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.106 H 170.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BB9C
RGB	rgb(86, 187, 156)
HSL	hsl(162, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(162, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 0%, 16.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -37.02, 6.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 37.65, 169.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.1044 0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.106 170.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6061, 39.9169, 37.6960)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BB9C #BB5675

analogous

#56BB69 #56BB9C #56A7BB

triadic

#56BB9C #9C56BB #BB9C56

tetradic

#56BB9C #6956BB #BB5675 #A7BB56

square

#56BB9C #6956BB #BB5675 #A7BB56

split-complementary

#56BB9C #BB56A7 #BB6956

monochromatic

#2B6B58 #3D977B #56BB9C #82CDB6 #ADDECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#56BB9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#56BB9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BB9C

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BB9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BB9C	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B09B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A59E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bb9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 187, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.106 170.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0b9',
    500: '#56bb9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bb9c;
$custom-light: #8ed0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bb9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.584,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.723,
    "c": 0.10582,
    "h": 170.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BB9C

secondary

#CCA1AE

accent

#557CD2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BB9C

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

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