#56C242#56C242

#56C242 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.194 H 140.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C242
RGB	rgb(86, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(111, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(111, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 0%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -54.79, 53.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 76.37, 135.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.1499 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.194 140.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.1118, 40.9533, 11.7874)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C242 #AE42C2

analogous

#96C242 #56C242 #42C26E

triadic

#56C242 #4256C2 #C24256

tetradic

#56C242 #4296C2 #AE42C2 #C26E42

square

#56C242 #4296C2 #AE42C2 #C26E42

split-complementary

#56C242 #6E42C2 #C24296

monochromatic

#2D6822 #409631 #56C242 #7FD170 #A9E09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#56C242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#56C242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C242

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C242	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48BCA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.194 140.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d57c',
    500: '#56c242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c242;
$custom-light: #90d57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 110.625,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72436,
    "c": 0.19369,
    "h": 140.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C242

secondary

#C394CC

accent

#4DDBC5

background

#F9FDF7

surface

#F2FAEE

border

#CCD3C9

text

#0E140A

muted

#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C242

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

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