Dark Pastel Green#56AE57

#56AE57 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.150 H 143.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Dark Pastel Green — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#56AE57
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 87)
HSL	hsl(121, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(121, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 0%, 50%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.11, -44.51, 36.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.11, 57.56, 140.65°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% -0.121 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.15 143.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.6930, 32.9371, 14.2820)
Luminance	0.3294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AE57 #AE56AD

analogous

#81AE56 #56AE57 #56AE83

triadic

#56AE57 #5756AE #AE5756

tetradic

#56AE57 #5681AE #AE56AD #AE8356

square

#56AE57 #5681AE #AE56AD #AE8356

split-complementary

#56AE57 #8356AE #AE5681

monochromatic

#2D5D2D #408641 #56AE57 #7FC280 #A9D6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#56AE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#56AE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AE57

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AE57	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5985D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49AA9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56ae57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.150 143.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc788',
    500: '#56ae57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56ae57;
$custom-light: #8cc788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56ae57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120.682,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67547,
    "c": 0.14977,
    "h": 143.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AE57

secondary

#C39CC3

accent

#5DCACB

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F8F0

border

#CBD1CB

text

#0D130B

muted

#7D827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AE57

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

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