#56BFA9#56BFA9

#56BFA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.103 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BFA9
RGB	rgb(86, 191, 169)
HSL	hsl(167, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(167, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 11.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, -35.73, 1.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 35.78, 176.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.1029 0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.103 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6268, 42.1018, 44.0936)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BFA9 #BF566C

analogous

#56BF75 #56BFA9 #56A0BF

triadic

#56BFA9 #A956BF #BFA956

tetradic

#56BFA9 #7556BF #BF566C #A0BF56

square

#56BFA9 #7556BF #BF566C #A0BF56

split-complementary

#56BFA9 #BF56A0 #BF7556

monochromatic

#2A7062 #3B9D88 #56BFA9 #82D0C0 #AFE1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#56BFA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#56BFA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BFA9

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BFA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BFA9	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bfa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 191, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.103 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed3c2',
    500: '#56bfa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bfa9;
$custom-light: #8ed3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bfa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.429,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73651,
    "c": 0.10299,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BFA9

secondary

#CFA2AB

accent

#536ED5

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BFA9

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

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