#56C196#56C196

#56C196 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.118 H 164.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C196
RGB	rgb(86, 193, 150)
HSL	hsl(156, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(156, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 0%, 22.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -41.08, 12.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 42.93, 163.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% -0.1138 0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.118 164.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4101, 42.3177, 35.5192)
Luminance	0.4232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C196 #C15681

analogous

#56C161 #56C196 #56B6C1

triadic

#56C196 #9656C1 #C19656

tetradic

#56C196 #6156C1 #C15681 #B6C156

square

#56C196 #6156C1 #C15681 #B6C156

split-complementary

#56C196 #C156B6 #C16156

monochromatic

#2A7355 #3A9F77 #56C196 #83D1B2 #B0E2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#56C196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#56C196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C196

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C196	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 193, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.118 164.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed4b5',
    500: '#56c196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c196;
$custom-light: #8ed4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.888,
    "s": 46.32,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73621,
    "c": 0.11822,
    "h": 164.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C196

secondary

#D0A3B5

accent

#5287D6

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C196

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

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