#56D8A8#56D8A8
#56D8A8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.135 H 165.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #56D8A8 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(86, 216, 168) |
| HSL | hsl(158, 63%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(158, 60%, 85%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 22.2%, 15.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.41, -47.01, 13.17) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.41, 48.82, 164.35°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.73% -0.1303 0.0337) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.73% 0.135 165.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(35.4579, 53.9137, 45.5760) |
| Luminance | 0.5392 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Family | teal |
Closest named colors
Eucalyptus
#44D7A8
ΔE00 1.28
Seafoam
#7FE0B3
ΔE00 4.03
Mediumaquamarine
#66CDAA
ΔE00 4.04
Aquamarine (survey)
#04D8B2
ΔE00 4.44
Aqua Marine
#2EE8BB
ΔE00 4.62
Seafoam Blue
#78D1B6
ΔE00 6.12
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#56D8A8 #D85686
analogous
#56D867 #56D8A8 #56C7D8
triadic
#56D8A8 #A856D8 #D8A856
tetradic
#56D8A8 #6756D8 #D85686 #C7D856
square
#56D8A8 #6756D8 #D85686 #C7D856
split-complementary
#56D8A8 #D856C7 #D86756
monochromatic
#229268 #2DC48C #56D8A8 #88E3C2 #B9EFDB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.78
#56D8A8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.78
#56D8A8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #56D8A8
11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##56D8A8 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##56D8A8 | 1.00 | 1.78 | 11.78 | 11.78 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.78 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.78 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.78 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D4CAA5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C1BDAB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D8CB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #56d8a8; /* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 216, 168); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.135 165.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#92e5c2',
500: '#56d8a8',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #56d8a8; $custom-light: #92e5c2; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#56d8a8",
"rgb": {
"r": 86,
"g": 216,
"b": 168
},
"hsl": {
"h": 157.846,
"s": 62.5,
"l": 59.216
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79726,
"c": 0.13456,
"h": 165.5
},
"luminance": 0.53917
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#56D8A8
secondary
#973B5D
accent
#427FE6
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F5FCF9
border
#CFD5D2
text
#0E1612
muted
#7F8482