#56BB9E#56BB9E

#56BB9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.104 H 171.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BB9E
RGB	rgb(86, 187, 158)
HSL	hsl(163, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(163, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 0%, 15.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -36.55, 5.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 37.01, 170.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.1034 0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.105 171.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7768, 39.9852, 38.5952)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BB9E #BB5673

analogous

#56BB6B #56BB9E #56A5BB

triadic

#56BB9E #9E56BB #BB9E56

tetradic

#56BB9E #6B56BB #BB5673 #A5BB56

square

#56BB9E #6B56BB #BB5673 #A5BB56

split-complementary

#56BB9E #BB56A5 #BB6B56

monochromatic

#2B6B59 #3D977D #56BB9E #82CDB7 #ADDED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#56BB9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#56BB9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BB9E

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BB9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BB9E	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B09D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A5A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bb9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 187, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.104 171.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0ba',
    500: '#56bb9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bb9e;
$custom-light: #8ed0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bb9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.772,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72356,
    "c": 0.1045,
    "h": 171.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BB9E

secondary

#CCA1AD

accent

#5579D2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BB9E

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

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