#56C8B9#56C8B9

#56C8B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.106 H 183.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C8B9
RGB	rgb(86, 200, 185)
HSL	hsl(172, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(172, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 0%, 7.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.05, -35.87, -2.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.05, 35.94, 183.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.1056 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.106 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2451, 46.7865, 53.1682)
Luminance	0.4679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C8B9 #C85665

analogous

#56C880 #56C8B9 #569EC8

triadic

#56C8B9 #B956C8 #C8B956

tetradic

#56C8B9 #8056C8 #C85665 #9EC856

square

#56C8B9 #8056C8 #C85665 #9EC856

split-complementary

#56C8B9 #C8569E #C88056

monochromatic

#287B70 #37AA9B #56C8B9 #84D7CC #B2E6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#56C8B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#56C8B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C8B9

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C8B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C8B9	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBEB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB1BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c8b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 200, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.106 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d9ce',
    500: '#56c8b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c8b9;
$custom-light: #90d9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c8b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.105,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76316,
    "c": 0.10576,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C8B9

secondary

#D4A5AC

accent

#4D60DA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C8B9

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

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