#56A579#56A579

#56A579 is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.103 H 157.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A579
RGB	rgb(86, 165, 121)
HSL	hsl(147, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(147, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 0%, 26.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.88, -34.68, 15.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.88, 37.97, 155.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.92% -0.0952 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(65.92% 0.103 157.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.7425, 30.2676, 22.8346)
Luminance	0.3027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A579 #A55682

analogous

#5BA556 #56A579 #56A5A1

triadic

#56A579 #7956A5 #A57956

tetradic

#56A579 #565BA5 #A55682 #A5A156

square

#56A579 #565BA5 #A55682 #A5A156

split-complementary

#56A579 #A156A5 #A5565B

monochromatic

#2C553E #417D5B #56A579 #7DBB99 #A5D0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#56A579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#56A579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A579

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A579	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49B76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98927C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 165, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.103 157.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac09f',
    500: '#56a579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a579;
$custom-light: #8ac09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 146.582,
    "s": 31.474,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65919,
    "c": 0.10304,
    "h": 157.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A579

secondary

#BE99AD

accent

#609AC8

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#F0F7F2

border

#CBD0CC

text

#0C120E

muted

#7D817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A579

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

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