#56BC97#56BC97

#56BC97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.111 H 166.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BC97
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 151)
HSL	hsl(158, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(158, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 0%, 19.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -38.63, 9.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 39.86, 165.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.1078 0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.111 166.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4043, 40.1767, 35.5829)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BC97 #BC567B

analogous

#56BC64 #56BC97 #56AEBC

triadic

#56BC97 #9756BC #BC9756

tetradic

#56BC97 #6456BC #BC567B #AEBC56

square

#56BC97 #6456BC #BC567B #AEBC56

split-complementary

#56BC97 #BC56AE #BC6456

monochromatic

#2B6D55 #3C9877 #56BC97 #82CDB2 #AEDFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#56BC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#56BC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BC97

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BC97	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B095

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2ABDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bc97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.111 166.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1b5',
    500: '#56bc97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bc97;
$custom-light: #8ed1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bc97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.235,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72412,
    "c": 0.1107,
    "h": 166.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BC97

secondary

#CDA1B1

accent

#5583D3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BC97

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

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