#56BB9D#56BB9D

#56BB9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.105 H 171.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BB9D
RGB	rgb(86, 187, 157)
HSL	hsl(162, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(162, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 0%, 16%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, -36.79, 6.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 37.33, 170.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.1039 0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.105 171.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6911, 39.9509, 38.1438)
Luminance	0.3995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BB9D #BB5674

analogous

#56BB6A #56BB9D #56A6BB

triadic

#56BB9D #9D56BB #BB9D56

tetradic

#56BB9D #6A56BB #BB5674 #A6BB56

square

#56BB9D #6A56BB #BB5674 #A6BB56

split-complementary

#56BB9D #BB56A6 #BB6A56

monochromatic

#2B6B58 #3D977C #56BB9D #82CDB6 #ADDED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#56BB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#56BB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BB9D

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BB9D	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B09C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A59F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bb9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 187, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.105 171.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0b9',
    500: '#56bb9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bb9d;
$custom-light: #8ed0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bb9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.178,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72328,
    "c": 0.10515,
    "h": 171.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BB9D

secondary

#CCA1AE

accent

#557BD2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BB9D

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

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