#56B159#56B159

#56B159 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.152 H 144.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B159
RGB	rgb(86, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(122, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(122, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 0%, 49.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.08, -45.46, 36.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.08, 58.42, 141.10°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% -0.1235 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.152 144.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.3619, 34.1423, 14.9137)
Luminance	0.3414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B159 #B156AE

analogous

#81B156 #56B159 #56B187

triadic

#56B159 #5956B1 #B15956

tetradic

#56B159 #5681B1 #B156AE #B18756

square

#56B159 #5681B1 #B156AE #B18756

split-complementary

#56B159 #8756B1 #B15681

monochromatic

#2C602E #408A42 #56B159 #80C482 #AAD8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#56B159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#56B159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B159

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B159	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89B5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48AD9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.152 144.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc989',
    500: '#56b159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b159;
$custom-light: #8cc989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 121.978,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68348,
    "c": 0.15211,
    "h": 144.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B159

secondary

#C59DC4

accent

#5BC9CD

background

#F9FCF8

surface

#F1F8F0

border

#CBD1CB

text

#0D130C

muted

#7E827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B159

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

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