#56BE8F#56BE8F

#56BE8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.120 H 161.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BE8F
RGB	rgb(86, 190, 143)
HSL	hsl(153, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(153, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 0%, 24.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -41.28, 14.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 43.84, 160.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.1137 0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.12 161.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2067, 40.7860, 32.4200)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BE8F #BE5685

analogous

#56BE5B #56BE8F #56B9BE

triadic

#56BE8F #8F56BE #BE8F56

tetradic

#56BE8F #5B56BE #BE5685 #B9BE56

square

#56BE8F #5B56BE #BE5685 #B9BE56

split-complementary

#56BE8F #BE56B9 #BE5B56

monochromatic

#2B6F50 #3C9B70 #56BE8F #82CFAC #AEE0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#56BE8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#56BE8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BE8F

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BE8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BE8F	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB28C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA792

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FBEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56be8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 190, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.120 161.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2b0',
    500: '#56be8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56be8f;
$custom-light: #8ed2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56be8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.885,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72704,
    "c": 0.11984,
    "h": 161.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BE8F

secondary

#CEA2B6

accent

#548ED4

background

#F9FCFA

surface

#F1F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0D1410

muted

#7E827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BE8F

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

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