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#56af49

a balanced, soft green · cool · closest name: forestgreen

RGB
86, 175, 73
HSL
112°, 41%, 49%
CMYK
51, 0, 58, 31
Luminance
0.3312

Every format

HEX#56af49
RGBrgb(86, 175, 73)
HSLhsl(112, 41%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(51%, 0%, 58%, 31%)
LABlab(64.3 -46.7 43.5)
LCHlch(64.3 63.8 137.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.676 0.164 141.2)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #56af49;
background-color: #56af49;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#56af49] bg-[#56af49]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #56af49;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.337, green: 0.686, blue: 0.286)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#56af49")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#56af49 on white: 2.75:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#56af49 on black: 7.62:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red33.7%
Green68.6%
Blue28.6%

CMYK percentages

Cyan50.9%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow58.3%
Key (black)31.4%

Color previews

#56af49 text on a black background

contrast 7.62:1

Card sample

#56af49 text on a white background

contrast 2.75:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #56af49;
Background color
Panel with #56af49 background
background-color: #56af49;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #56af49;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(86, 175, 73, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(86, 175, 73, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #56af49;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #56af49, #49AF80);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #56af49

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #56af49 in the Color Lab