Information about #56A136 color

#56A136 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #56A136 is classified in the Register under the Chartreuse Color Family, with Moderate Saturation and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(86, 161, 54) — 33.7% red, 63.1% green, 21.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 29 / 0 / 42 / 37. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A pleasantly vivid chartreuse, #56A136 carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Grass (#5CAC2D). Slightly further away sit Tree Frog (#50A743) and Groovy (#5CA345).

In RGB terms — rgb(86, 161, 54) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 6.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.2:1. #56A136 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#56A136 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#56A136 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #56A136

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Grass color link
Grass

#5CAC2D

Tree Frog color link
Tree Frog

#50A743

Groovy color link
Groovy

#5CA345

Mid Green color link
Mid Green

#50A747

Limeade color link
Limeade

#5F9727

Wham color link
Wham

#5FB33A

Kakapo color link
Kakapo

#5C9625

May Green color link
May Green

#4C9141

Vida Loca color link
Vida Loca

#5F9228

Leafy Green color link
Leafy Green

#51B73B

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#56A136
  • RGB86, 161, 54
  • CMYK29, 0, 42, 37
  • CSSrgb(86, 161, 54)
  • HSL102°, 50%, 42%
  • HSL Precise102.056°, 49.767%, 42.157%
  • HSV102°, 66%, 63%
  • HSB102°, 66%, 63%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.337
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.631
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.212
  • GLSLvec3(0.337, 0.631, 0.212)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.337, 0.631, 0.212, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.337, 0.631, 0.212)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB33.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB63.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB21.2%
  • Color FamilyChartreuse
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID56A136
  • DECIMAL ID5677366
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01