#56C09B#56C09B

#56C09B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.113 H 167.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C09B
RGB	rgb(86, 192, 155)
HSL	hsl(159, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(159, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 0%, 19.3%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -39.51, 9.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 40.64, 166.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.1104 0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.113 167.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6010, 42.0416, 37.6116)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C09B #C0567B

analogous

#56C066 #56C09B #56B0C0

triadic

#56C09B #9B56C0 #C09B56

tetradic

#56C09B #6656C0 #C0567B #B0C056

square

#56C09B #6656C0 #C0567B #B0C056

split-complementary

#56C09B #C056B0 #C06656

monochromatic

#2A7159 #3B9E7B #56C09B #83D1B5 #AFE1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#56C09B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#56C09B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C09B

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C09B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C09B	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA99D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c09b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 192, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.113 167.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed3b8',
    500: '#56c09b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c09b;
$custom-light: #8ed3b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c09b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.057,
    "s": 45.69,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73504,
    "c": 0.11306,
    "h": 167.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C09B

secondary

#CFA2B2

accent

#5280D5

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C09B

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

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