#56BE9D#56BE9D

#56BE9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.109 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56BE9D
RGBrgb(86, 190, 157)
HSLhsl(161, 44%, 54%)
HSVhsv(161, 55%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(54.7%, 0%, 17.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(70.34, -38.15, 7.61)
CIE-LCHlch(70.34, 38.90, 168.72°)
OKLaboklab(73.07% -0.1073 0.0195)
OKLCHoklch(73.07% 0.109 169.7)
XYZxyz(28.3342, 41.2370, 38.3581)
Luminance0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56BE9D #BE5677
analogous
#56BE69 #56BE9D #56ABBE
triadic
#56BE9D #9D56BE #BE9D56
tetradic
#56BE9D #6956BE #BE5677 #ABBE56
square
#56BE9D #6956BE #BE5677 #ABBE56
split-complementary
#56BE9D #BE56AB #BE6956
monochromatic
#2B6F59 #3C9B7D #56BE9D #82CFB7 #AEE0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27
#56BE9D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25
#56BE9D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BE9D
9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56BE9D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56BE9D1.002.279.259.25
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2521.001.001.00
##0000009.2521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9B39B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AAA79F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#23BFB4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56be9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 190, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.109 169.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2b9',
    500: '#56be9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56be9d;
$custom-light: #8ed2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56be9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.962,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73066,
    "c": 0.10901,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56BE9D
secondary
#CEA2B0
accent
#547CD4
background
#F9FCFB
surface
#F1F9F6
border
#CBD2D0
text
#0D1411
muted
#7E8280

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#56BE9D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva