#56BC59#56BC59

#56BC59 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.167 H 144.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BC59
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 89)
HSL	hsl(122, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(122, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 0%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -49.89, 40.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 64.51, 140.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.1355 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.167 144.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6228, 38.6642, 15.6673)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BC59 #BC56B9

analogous

#86BC56 #56BC59 #56BC8C

triadic

#56BC59 #5956BC #BC5956

tetradic

#56BC59 #5686BC #BC56B9 #BC8C56

square

#56BC59 #5686BC #BC56B9 #BC8C56

split-complementary

#56BC59 #8C56BC #BC5686

monochromatic

#2B6D2D #3C983F #56BC59 #82CD84 #AEDFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#56BC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#56BC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BC59

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BC59	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAD50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46B7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.167 144.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed18a',
    500: '#56bc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bc59;
$custom-light: #8ed18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 121.765,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71165,
    "c": 0.1673,
    "h": 144.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BC59

secondary

#CDA1CB

accent

#55CFD3

background

#F9FCF8

surface

#F1F9F0

border

#CBD2CB

text

#0D140C

muted

#7E827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BC59

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

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