#56CD9F#56CD9F

#56CD9F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.127 H 164.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CD9F
RGB	rgb(86, 205, 159)
HSL	hsl(157, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(157, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 0%, 22.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, -44.31, 13.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 46.19, 163.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.1227 0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.127 164.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9240, 48.1412, 40.4040)
Luminance	0.4814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CD9F #CD5684

analogous

#56CD64 #56CD9F #56BFCD

triadic

#56CD9F #9F56CD #CD9F56

tetradic

#56CD9F #6456CD #CD5684 #BFCD56

square

#56CD9F #6456CD #CD5684 #BFCD56

split-complementary

#56CD9F #CD56BF #CD6456

monochromatic

#26825F #34B181 #56CD9F #85DBBA #B4E9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#56CD9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#56CD9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CD9F

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CD9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CD9F	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C09D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B3A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16CDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cd9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 205, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.127 164.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ddbb',
    500: '#56cd9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cd9f;
$custom-light: #90ddbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cd9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.807,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76806,
    "c": 0.12719,
    "h": 164.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CD9F

secondary

#D8A7BA

accent

#4A83DE

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FBF6

border

#CCD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CD9F

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

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