#56B242#56B242

#56B242 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.173 H 140.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B242
RGB	rgb(86, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(109, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(109, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 0%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, -48.68, 47.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 68.14, 135.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% -0.1334 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.173 140.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.7406, 34.2110, 10.6636)
Luminance	0.3421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B242 #9E42B2

analogous

#8EB242 #56B242 #42B266

triadic

#56B242 #4256B2 #B24256

tetradic

#56B242 #428EB2 #9E42B2 #B26642

square

#56B242 #428EB2 #9E42B2 #B26642

split-complementary

#56B242 #6642B2 #B2428E

monochromatic

#2B5921 #408531 #56B242 #7AC86A #A2D896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#56B242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#56B242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B242

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B242	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CAC9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.173 140.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eca7b',
    500: '#56b242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b242;
$custom-light: #8eca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 109.286,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68308,
    "c": 0.17347,
    "h": 140.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B242

secondary

#BA8CC4

accent

#52D6BE

background

#F9FCF7

surface

#F1F8EE

border

#CBD1C9

text

#0D130A

muted

#7E827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B242

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

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