#56BDA9#56BDA9

#56BDA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.101 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BDA9
RGB	rgb(86, 189, 169)
HSL	hsl(168, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(168, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0%, 10.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -34.80, 1.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 34.82, 178.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.1007 0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.101 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1936, 41.2355, 43.9492)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BDA9 #BD566A

analogous

#56BD76 #56BDA9 #569EBD

triadic

#56BDA9 #A956BD #BDA956

tetradic

#56BDA9 #7656BD #BD566A #9EBD56

square

#56BDA9 #7656BD #BD566A #9EBD56

split-complementary

#56BDA9 #BD569E #BD7656

monochromatic

#2B6E61 #3C9A88 #56BDA9 #82CEBF #AEDFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#56BDA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#56BDA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BDA9

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BDA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BDA9	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B3A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bda9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 189, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.101 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1c2',
    500: '#56bda9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bda9;
$custom-light: #8ed1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bda9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.35,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73164,
    "c": 0.1007,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BDA9

secondary

#CDA1AA

accent

#546DD4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BDA9

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

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