#56BEA9#56BEA9

#56BEA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.102 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BEA9
RGB	rgb(86, 190, 169)
HSL	hsl(168, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(168, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 0%, 11.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -35.27, 1.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 35.30, 177.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.1018 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.102 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4095, 41.6671, 44.0211)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BEA9 #BE566B

analogous

#56BE75 #56BEA9 #569FBE

triadic

#56BEA9 #A956BE #BEA956

tetradic

#56BEA9 #7556BE #BE566B #9FBE56

square

#56BEA9 #7556BE #BE566B #9FBE56

split-complementary

#56BEA9 #BE569F #BE7556

monochromatic

#2B6F61 #3C9B88 #56BEA9 #82CFBF #AEE0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#56BEA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#56BEA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BEA9

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BEA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BEA9	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B4A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A8AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 190, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.102 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2c2',
    500: '#56bea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bea9;
$custom-light: #8ed2c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.885,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73408,
    "c": 0.10184,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BEA9

secondary

#CEA2AB

accent

#546ED4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BEA9

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

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