#56A242#56A242

#56A242 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.152 H 139.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A242
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 66)
HSL	hsl(108, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(108, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 0%, 59.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.08, -42.18, 41.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.08, 59.50, 135.15°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% -0.1157 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.152 139.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.7408, 28.2113, 9.6637)
Luminance	0.2821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A242 #8E42A2

analogous

#86A242 #56A242 #42A25E

triadic

#56A242 #4256A2 #A24256

tetradic

#56A242 #4286A2 #8E42A2 #A25E42

square

#56A242 #4286A2 #8E42A2 #A25E42

split-complementary

#56A242 #5E42A2 #A24286

monochromatic

#284B1F #3F7730 #56A242 #75BF62 #9CD18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#56A242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#56A242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #56A242

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A242	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#509D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.152 139.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbe7a',
    500: '#56a242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a242;
$custom-light: #8bbe7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 107.5,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64162,
    "c": 0.15207,
    "h": 139.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A242

secondary

#B084BC

accent

#56D2B8

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#F0F7EE

border

#CBD0C9

text

#0C1209

muted

#7D817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A242

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

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