#56C8A6#56C8A6

#56C8A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.116 H 170.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C8A6
RGB	rgb(86, 200, 166)
HSL	hsl(162, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(162, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 0%, 17%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.57, -40.53, 7.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.57, 41.19, 169.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.1141 0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.116 170.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3717, 46.0371, 43.3018)
Luminance	0.4604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C8A6 #C85678

analogous

#56C86D #56C8A6 #56B1C8

triadic

#56C8A6 #A656C8 #C8A656

tetradic

#56C8A6 #6D56C8 #C85678 #B1C856

square

#56C8A6 #6D56C8 #C85678 #B1C856

split-complementary

#56C8A6 #C856B1 #C86D56

monochromatic

#287B63 #37AA87 #56C8A6 #84D7BE #B2E6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#56C8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#56C8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C8A6

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C8A6	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BCA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B0A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0EC9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 200, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.116 170.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9c0',
    500: '#56c8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c8a6;
$custom-light: #8fd9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.105,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75763,
    "c": 0.11565,
    "h": 170.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C8A6

secondary

#D4A5B3

accent

#4D77DA

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FAF7

border

#CCD3D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C8A6

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

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