#56BB9F#56BB9F

#56BB9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.104 H 172.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BB9F
RGB	rgb(86, 187, 159)
HSL	hsl(163, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(163, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 0%, 15%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -36.31, 5.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 36.70, 171.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.103 0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.104 172.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8633, 40.0197, 39.0504)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BB9F #BB5672

analogous

#56BB6C #56BB9F #56A4BB

triadic

#56BB9F #9F56BB #BB9F56

tetradic

#56BB9F #6C56BB #BB5672 #A4BB56

square

#56BB9F #6C56BB #BB5672 #A4BB56

split-complementary

#56BB9F #BB56A4 #BB6C56

monochromatic

#2B6B5A #3D977E #56BB9F #82CDB8 #ADDED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#56BB9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#56BB9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BB9F

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BB9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BB9F	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)

#B6B09E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A5A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bb9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 187, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.104 172.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0bb',
    500: '#56bb9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bb9f;
$custom-light: #8ed0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bb9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.366,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72384,
    "c": 0.10386,
    "h": 172.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BB9F

secondary

#CCA1AD

accent

#5578D2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BB9F

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

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