#56A657#56A657

#56A657 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.138 H 144.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A657
RGB	rgb(86, 166, 87)
HSL	hsl(121, 32%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(121, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 47.6%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.60, -41.14, 33.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.60, 52.98, 140.95°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% -0.1119 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.138 144)
XYZ	xyz(19.1933, 29.9376, 13.7821)
Luminance	0.2994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56A657 #A656A5

analogous

#7DA656 #56A657 #56A67F

triadic

#56A657 #5756A6 #A65756

tetradic

#56A657 #567DA6 #A656A5 #A67F56

square

#56A657 #567DA6 #A656A5 #A67F56

split-complementary

#56A657 #7F56A6 #A6567D

monochromatic

#2C552D #417E42 #56A657 #7DBC7E #A6D1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#56A657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#56A657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #56A657

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A657	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E925C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BA293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 166, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.138 144.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc188',
    500: '#56a657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a657;
$custom-light: #8bc188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120.75,
    "s": 31.746,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65492,
    "c": 0.13825,
    "h": 144
  },
  "luminance": 0.29939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A657

secondary

#BE99BE

accent

#60C7C8

background

#F8FBF8

surface

#F0F7F0

border

#CBD0CB

text

#0C120B

muted

#7D817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A657

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

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