#56B559#56B559
#56B559 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.158 H 144.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #56B559 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(86, 181, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(122, 39%, 52%) |
| HSV | hsv(122, 52%, 71%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(52.5%, 0%, 50.8%, 29%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.33, -47.10, 38.23) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(66.33, 60.66, 140.93°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.37% -0.1279 0.0922) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.37% 0.158 144.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(22.1636, 35.7457, 15.1809) |
| Luminance | 0.3575 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Family | green |
Closest named colors
Dark Pastel Green
#56AE57
ΔE00 2.01
Boring Green
#63B365
ΔE00 2.45
Fern
#63B76C
ΔE00 3.12
Medium Green
#39AD48
ΔE00 3.53
Cool Green
#33B864
ΔE00 3.81
Fern (survey)
#63A950
ΔE00 4.02
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#56B559 #B556B2
analogous
#82B556 #56B559 #56B589
triadic
#56B559 #5956B5 #B55956
tetradic
#56B559 #5682B5 #B556B2 #B58956
square
#56B559 #5682B5 #B556B2 #B58956
split-complementary
#56B559 #8956B5 #B55682
monochromatic
#2C652E #3F8F41 #56B559 #81C883 #ABDAAD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.58
#56B559 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.15
#56B559 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #56B559
8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##56B559 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##56B559 | 1.00 | 2.58 | 8.15 | 8.15 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.58 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8A751
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AB9E5F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#47B1A0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #56b559; /* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 181, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.158 144.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#8dcc8a',
500: '#56b559',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #56b559; $custom-light: #8dcc8a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#56b559",
"rgb": {
"r": 86,
"g": 181,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 121.895,
"s": 39.095,
"l": 52.353
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69373,
"c": 0.15771,
"h": 144.2
},
"luminance": 0.35747
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#56B559
secondary
#C89FC7
accent
#59CBCF
background
#F9FCF8
surface
#F1F9F0
border
#CBD2CB
text
#0D130C
muted
#7E827D