#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
RGB	rgb(86, 190, 157)
HSL	hsl(161, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(161, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 0%, 17.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -38.15, 7.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 38.90, 168.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.1073 0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.109 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3342, 41.2370, 38.3581)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##56BE9D	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)

#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

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BE9D

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

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