#56CBB9#56CBB9

#56CBB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.109 H 181.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CBB9
RGB	rgb(86, 203, 185)
HSL	hsl(171, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(171, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 8.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, -37.25, -0.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 37.26, 181.42°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% -0.1088 -0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.109 181.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9467, 48.1897, 53.4021)
Luminance	0.4819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CBB9 #CB5668

analogous

#56CB7F #56CBB9 #56A3CB

triadic

#56CBB9 #B956CB #CBB956

tetradic

#56CBB9 #7F56CB #CB5668 #A3CB56

square

#56CBB9 #7F56CB #CB5668 #A3CB56

split-complementary

#56CBB9 #CB56A3 #CB7F56

monochromatic

#277F72 #36AE9C #56CBB9 #85D9CC #B4E8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#56CBB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#56CBB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CBB9

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CBB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CBB9	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C0B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B3BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cbb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 203, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.109 181.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dbce',
    500: '#56cbb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cbb9;
$custom-light: #91dbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cbb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.769,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77039,
    "c": 0.10882,
    "h": 181.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CBB9

secondary

#D6A6AE

accent

#4B62DC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0E1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CBB9

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

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