#56BFA5#56BFA5

#56BFA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.105 H 174.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BFA5
RGB	rgb(86, 191, 165)
HSL	hsl(165, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(165, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 13.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, -36.71, 3.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 36.92, 173.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.1047 0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.105 174.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2570, 41.9539, 42.1461)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BFA5 #BF5670

analogous

#56BF71 #56BFA5 #56A5BF

triadic

#56BFA5 #A556BF #BFA556

tetradic

#56BFA5 #7156BF #BF5670 #A5BF56

square

#56BFA5 #7156BF #BF5670 #A5BF56

split-complementary

#56BFA5 #BF56A5 #BF7156

monochromatic

#2A705F #3B9D84 #56BFA5 #82D0BD #AFE1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#56BFA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#56BFA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BFA5

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BFA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BFA5	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B4A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A9A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bfa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 191, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.105 174.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed3bf',
    500: '#56bfa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bfa5;
$custom-light: #8ed3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bfa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.143,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73535,
    "c": 0.10518,
    "h": 174.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BFA5

secondary

#CFA2AD

accent

#5373D5

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BFA5

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

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