#56BD97#56BD97

#56BD97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.112 H 166.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BD97
RGB	rgb(86, 189, 151)
HSL	hsl(158, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(158, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0%, 20.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -39.08, 10.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 40.40, 165.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.1089 0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.112 166.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6186, 40.6055, 35.6543)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BD97 #BD567C

analogous

#56BD64 #56BD97 #56B0BD

triadic

#56BD97 #9756BD #BD9756

tetradic

#56BD97 #6456BD #BD567C #B0BD56

square

#56BD97 #6456BD #BD567C #B0BD56

split-complementary

#56BD97 #BD56B0 #BD6456

monochromatic

#2B6E55 #3C9A77 #56BD97 #82CEB2 #AEDFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#56BD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#56BD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BD97

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BD97	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 189, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.112 166.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1b5',
    500: '#56bd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bd97;
$custom-light: #8ed1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.864,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72659,
    "c": 0.11205,
    "h": 166.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BD97

secondary

#CDA1B2

accent

#5483D4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BD97

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

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