#56BF9D#56BF9D

#56BF9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.110 H 169.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BF9D
RGB	rgb(86, 191, 157)
HSL	hsl(161, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(161, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 17.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -38.60, 8.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 39.43, 168.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% -0.1084 0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.11 169.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5515, 41.6717, 38.4306)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BF9D #BF5678

analogous

#56BF69 #56BF9D #56ADBF

triadic

#56BF9D #9D56BF #BF9D56

tetradic

#56BF9D #6956BF #BF5678 #ADBF56

square

#56BF9D #6956BF #BF5678 #ADBF56

split-complementary

#56BF9D #BF56AD #BF6956

monochromatic

#2A705A #3B9D7D #56BF9D #82D0B7 #AFE1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#56BF9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#56BF9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BF9D

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BF9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BF9D	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)

#BAB49B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA89F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bf9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 191, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.110 169.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed3ba',
    500: '#56bf9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bf9d;
$custom-light: #8ed3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bf9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.571,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73312,
    "c": 0.11031,
    "h": 169.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BF9D

secondary

#CFA2B1

accent

#537DD5

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BF9D

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

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