#56A561#56A561

#56A561 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.127 H 147.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A561
RGB	rgb(86, 165, 97)
HSL	hsl(128, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(128, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 0%, 41.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.44, -39.14, 27.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.44, 48.08, 144.50°)
OKLab	oklab(65.41% -0.1063 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(65.41% 0.127 147)
XYZ	xyz(19.4494, 29.7503, 16.0244)
Luminance	0.2975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A561 #A5569A

analogous

#73A556 #56A561 #56A589

triadic

#56A561 #6156A5 #A56156

tetradic

#56A561 #5673A5 #A5569A #A58956

square

#56A561 #5673A5 #A5569A #A58956

split-complementary

#56A561 #8956A5 #A55673

monochromatic

#2C5532 #417D49 #56A561 #7DBB86 #A5D0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#56A561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#56A561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #56A561

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A561	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7995C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9165

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 165, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.127 147.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc08e',
    500: '#56a561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a561;
$custom-light: #8bc08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 128.354,
    "s": 31.474,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65409,
    "c": 0.1268,
    "h": 147
  },
  "luminance": 0.29752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A561

secondary

#BE99B9

accent

#60B9C8

background

#F8FBF8

surface

#F0F7F0

border

#CBD0CB

text

#0C120C

muted

#7D817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A561

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

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