#56A231#56A231

#56A231 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.165 H 137.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A231
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(100, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(100, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 0%, 69.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.92, -43.84, 49.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.92, 65.95, 131.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% -0.1214 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.165 137.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.3119, 28.0397, 7.4051)
Luminance	0.2804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A231 #7D31A2

analogous

#8FA231 #56A231 #31A245

triadic

#56A231 #3156A2 #A23156

tetradic

#56A231 #318FA2 #7D31A2 #A24531

square

#56A231 #318FA2 #7D31A2 #A24531

split-complementary

#56A231 #4531A2 #A2318F

monochromatic

#244415 #3D7323 #56A231 #72C848 #96D677

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#56A231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#56A231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #56A231

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A231	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#529C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.165 137.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbe6f',
    500: '#56a231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a231;
$custom-light: #8cbe6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 100.354,
    "s": 53.555,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63986,
    "c": 0.16532,
    "h": 137.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A231

secondary

#A571BE

accent

#4BDDAD

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F7EC

border

#CBD0C7

text

#0D1208

muted

#7E817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A231

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

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