#56C9BB#56C9BB

#56C9BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.106 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C9BB
RGB	rgb(86, 201, 187)
HSL	hsl(173, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(173, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 0%, 7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -35.82, -2.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 35.93, 184.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% -0.1057 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.106 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6901, 47.3362, 54.3654)
Luminance	0.4734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C9BB #C95664

analogous

#56C982 #56C9BB #569EC9

triadic

#56C9BB #BB56C9 #C9BB56

tetradic

#56C9BB #8256C9 #C95664 #9EC956

square

#56C9BB #8256C9 #C95664 #9EC956

split-complementary

#56C9BB #C9569E #C98256

monochromatic

#287D72 #37AB9D #56C9BB #84D8CE #B3E7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#56C9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#56C9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C9BB

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C9BB	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BFBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 201, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.106 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dacf',
    500: '#56c9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c9bb;
$custom-light: #90dacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.696,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76619,
    "c": 0.10606,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C9BB

secondary

#D5A6AB

accent

#4D5EDB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C9BB

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

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