#56C256#56C256

#56C256 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.178 H 143.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C256
RGB	rgb(86, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(120, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(120, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 0%, 55.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -52.61, 44.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 68.93, 139.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.143 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.178 143.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8079, 41.2318, 15.4535)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56C256 #C256C2

analogous

#8CC256 #56C256 #56C28C

triadic

#56C256 #5656C2 #C25656

tetradic

#56C256 #568CC2 #C256C2 #C28C56

square

#56C256 #568CC2 #C256C2 #C28C56

split-complementary

#56C256 #8C56C2 #C2568C

monochromatic

#2A742A #3AA13A #56C256 #83D283 #B0E2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#56C256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#56C256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C256

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C256	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45BDAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.178 143.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd588',
    500: '#56c256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c256;
$custom-light: #8fd588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 46.957,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72659,
    "c": 0.17794,
    "h": 143.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C256

secondary

#D1A3D1

accent

#51D7D7

background

#F9FDF8

surface

#F2FAF0

border

#CCD3CB

text

#0D140C

muted

#7E837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C256

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

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