#56BC99#56BC99

#56BC99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.109 H 168.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BC99
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 153)
HSL	hsl(159, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(159, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 0%, 18.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -38.17, 8.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 39.17, 167.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.1069 0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.109 168.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5681, 40.2423, 36.4456)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BC99 #BC5679

analogous

#56BC66 #56BC99 #56ACBC

triadic

#56BC99 #9956BC #BC9956

tetradic

#56BC99 #6656BC #BC5679 #ACBC56

square

#56BC99 #6656BC #BC5679 #ACBC56

split-complementary

#56BC99 #BC56AC #BC6656

monochromatic

#2B6D56 #3C9879 #56BC99 #82CDB3 #AEDFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#56BC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#56BC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BC99

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BC99	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A69B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bc99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.109 168.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1b7',
    500: '#56bc99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bc99;
$custom-light: #8ed1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bc99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.412,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72465,
    "c": 0.10922,
    "h": 168.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BC99

secondary

#CDA1B0

accent

#5580D3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BC99

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

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