#56BD99#56BD99

#56BD99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.111 H 167.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BD99
RGB	rgb(86, 189, 153)
HSL	hsl(159, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(159, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0%, 19%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, -38.62, 9.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 39.71, 166.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.108 0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.111 167.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7824, 40.6710, 36.5170)
Luminance	0.4067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BD99 #BD567A

analogous

#56BD66 #56BD99 #56AEBD

triadic

#56BD99 #9956BD #BD9956

tetradic

#56BD99 #6656BD #BD567A #AEBD56

square

#56BD99 #6656BD #BD567A #AEBD56

split-complementary

#56BD99 #BD56AE #BD6656

monochromatic

#2B6E56 #3C9A79 #56BD99 #82CEB4 #AEDFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#56BD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#56BD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BD99

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BD99	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA69B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 189, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.111 167.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1b7',
    500: '#56bd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bd99;
$custom-light: #8ed1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.029,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72712,
    "c": 0.11055,
    "h": 167.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BD99

secondary

#CDA1B1

accent

#5481D4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BD99

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

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