#56C9BF#56C9BF

#56C9BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.105 H 187.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C9BF
RGB	rgb(86, 201, 191)
HSL	hsl(175, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(175, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 0%, 5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, -34.78, -4.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 35.11, 187.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.104 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.105 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1242, 47.5099, 56.6521)
Luminance	0.4751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C9BF #C95660

analogous

#56C986 #56C9BF #569AC9

triadic

#56C9BF #BF56C9 #C9BF56

tetradic

#56C9BF #8656C9 #C95660 #9AC956

square

#56C9BF #8656C9 #C95660 #9AC956

split-complementary

#56C9BF #C9569A #C98656

monochromatic

#287D75 #37ABA1 #56C9BF #84D8D1 #B3E7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#56C9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#56C9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C9BF

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C9BF	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBFBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB2C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 201, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.105 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dad2',
    500: '#56c9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c9bf;
$custom-light: #91dad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.783,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76745,
    "c": 0.10487,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C9BF

secondary

#D5A6AA

accent

#4D59DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C9BF

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

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