#56BE99#56BE99

#56BE99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.112 H 167.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BE99
RGB	rgb(86, 190, 153)
HSL	hsl(159, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(159, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 0%, 19.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -39.07, 9.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 40.25, 166.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.1091 0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.112 167.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9983, 41.1027, 36.5890)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BE99 #BE567B

analogous

#56BE65 #56BE99 #56AFBE

triadic

#56BE99 #9956BE #BE9956

tetradic

#56BE99 #6556BE #BE567B #AFBE56

square

#56BE99 #6556BE #BE567B #AFBE56

split-complementary

#56BE99 #BE56AF #BE6556

monochromatic

#2B6F57 #3C9B79 #56BE99 #82CFB4 #AEE0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#56BE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#56BE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BE99

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BE99	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56be99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 190, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.112 167.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2b7',
    500: '#56be99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56be99;
$custom-light: #8ed2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56be99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.654,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72958,
    "c": 0.11188,
    "h": 167.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BE99

secondary

#CEA2B2

accent

#5481D4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BE99

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

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