#56B22A#56B22A

#56B22A is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.189 H 137.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B22A
RGB	rgb(86, 178, 42)
HSL	hsl(101, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(101, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 0%, 76.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, -50.66, 56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 76.19, 131.68°)
OKLab	oklab(68.1% -0.1403 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(68.1% 0.189 137.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.1754, 33.9849, 7.6866)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B22A #862AB2

analogous

#9AB22A #56B22A #2AB242

triadic

#56B22A #2A56B2 #B22A56

tetradic

#56B22A #2A9AB2 #862AB2 #B2422A

square

#56B22A #2A9AB2 #862AB2 #B2422A

split-complementary

#56B22A #422AB2 #B22A9A

monochromatic

#264F13 #3E801E #56B22A #74D346 #99DF77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#56B22A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#56B22A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B22A

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B22A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B22A	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A208

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FAC98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b22a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 178, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.189 137.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fca6e',
    500: '#56b22a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b22a;
$custom-light: #8fca6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b22a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 100.588,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68103,
    "c": 0.18939,
    "h": 137.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B22A

secondary

#AB71C7

accent

#43E5B0

background

#F9FCF6

surface

#F2F8EC

border

#CCD1C7

text

#0D1308

muted

#7E827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B22A

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

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