#56BDA4#56BDA4

#56BDA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.103 H 175.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BDA4
RGB	rgb(86, 189, 164)
HSL	hsl(165, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(165, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0%, 13.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, -36.03, 3.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 36.21, 174.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.1029 0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.103 175)
XYZ	xyz(28.7332, 41.0513, 41.5242)
Luminance	0.4105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BDA4 #BD566F

analogous

#56BD71 #56BDA4 #56A3BD

triadic

#56BDA4 #A456BD #BDA456

tetradic

#56BDA4 #7156BD #BD566F #A3BD56

square

#56BDA4 #7156BD #BD566F #A3BD56

split-complementary

#56BDA4 #BD56A3 #BD7156

monochromatic

#2B6E5E #3C9A83 #56BDA4 #82CEBC #AEDFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#56BDA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#56BDA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BDA4

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BDA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BDA4	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B2A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A7A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CBFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bda4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 189, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.103 175.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1be',
    500: '#56bda4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bda4;
$custom-light: #8ed1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bda4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.437,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73017,
    "c": 0.10333,
    "h": 175
  },
  "luminance": 0.41054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BDA4

secondary

#CDA1AC

accent

#5473D4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BDA4

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

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