#56B251#56B251

#56B251 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.161 H 142.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B251
RGB	rgb(86, 178, 81)
HSL	hsl(117, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(117, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 0%, 54.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, -46.95, 40.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 62.27, 138.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% -0.1279 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.161 142.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.2423, 34.4116, 13.3057)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B251 #AD51B2

analogous

#86B251 #56B251 #51B27C

triadic

#56B251 #5156B2 #B25156

tetradic

#56B251 #5186B2 #AD51B2 #B27C51

square

#56B251 #5186B2 #AD51B2 #B27C51

split-complementary

#56B251 #7C51B2 #B25186

monochromatic

#2D5F2A #41893D #56B251 #7FC57B #A8D8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#56B251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#56B251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B251

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B251	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99B58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4AAD9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 178, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.161 142.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dca84',
    500: '#56b251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b251;
$custom-light: #8dca84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 116.907,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68489,
    "c": 0.16086,
    "h": 142.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B251

secondary

#C39AC5

accent

#59CFC9

background

#F9FCF8

surface

#F1F8EF

border

#CBD1CA

text

#0D130B

muted

#7E827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B251

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

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