#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
RGBrgb(86, 194, 86)
HSLhsl(120, 47%, 55%)
HSVhsv(120, 56%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(55.7%, 0%, 55.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LABlab(70.34, -52.61, 44.53)
CIE-LCHlch(70.34, 68.93, 139.75°)
OKLaboklab(72.66% -0.143 0.1059)
OKLCHoklch(72.66% 0.178 143.5)
XYZxyz(24.8079, 41.2318, 15.4535)
Luminance0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

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
##56C2561.002.279.259.25
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2521.001.001.00
##0000009.2521.001.001.00

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

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#56C256 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva