Dark Pastel Green#56AE57, a bold green

At a glanceDark Pastel Green is #56AE57, oklch(67.5% 0.150 143.9), a bold green. Its hue sits mid-wheel, neither warm nor cool. Match it with a warm rich pink #D36CB4 as an accent, a cool bright turquoise #8DD9E1 for harmony, and a pastel teal #BECCBD as a neutral. Try it as a brand or accent color, and it takes black text at AA contrast and reproduces faithfully on coated presses.
Color codes

Dark Pastel Green in RGB, HSL, OKLCH & more

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:root { /* how your code speaks it */ /* how your eyes measure it */ /* how the lab measures it, D65 2° */}/* tailwind v4 */

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Color family

What kind of green is Dark Pastel Green?

Every color has a place in the standard vocabulary. This is Dark Pastel Green's, measured rather than asserted.

Dark Pastel Green's Munsell numbers: hue 0.2G, value 6.3 (how light), chroma 9.2 (how vivid). That places it in ISCC-NBS block strong yellowish green, one of 267 named ranges the standard sorts every color into. Chroma 9.2 is moderate. Clearly colored, but not so saturated it fights the colors around it.

There's still some room before it hits the edge of what your screen can show for this hue. It could go a little more saturated and stay in gamut.

Munsell coordinates and block from the ISCC-NBS system, computed by Rhapsody's own renotation inversion.

Tints & shades

Shades of Dark Pastel Green, lighter and darker

For hover states, washed backgrounds, and dark surfaces that still read as #56AE57. 13 steps, spaced evenly by eye, with the color itself sitting at its natural depth, dark-pastel-green-600.

Tints (light surfaces; dark text passes on every one)

Midtones (the color at full strength, for brand & accent work)

Shades (dark surfaces; light text passes on every one)

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Accessibility

Is Dark Pastel Green accessible? Contrast with white & black

Strong contrast makes your work readable by everyone, and meets the WCAG standard accessibility law points at. AA is the floor; AAA is the tier worth aiming for in body text. Black text on #56AE57 clears WCAG AAA. Every strip below is one surface, and the marks are the steps that reach AAA on it.

Rows are text, columns are background · 68 of 210 pairings reach WCAG 2.2 AAA, shown here.

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Run #56AE57 against the colors you actually ship, every pairing and any target, and export it: exact ratios, the AA tier, APCA, in one file.

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Print

Dark Pastel Green in CMYK: one value for files, one per press

Every held press standard prints this color exactly as it is.

In CMYK, #56AE57 is . That is the value design tools and file formats use when no press is involved.

On press (what each standard prints)

CGATS21 CRPC1 (coldset news) shifts on press
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 6.1, 2.4× the 2.5 a run varies by

GRACoL 2013 Uncoated (CRPC3) within tolerance
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 2.0, under the 2.5 a press run varies by

GRACoL 2013 (CRPC6) prints exactly
on screenon press

in gamut · no shift

PSO Coated v3 (FOGRA51) prints exactly
on screenon press

in gamut · no shift

Coated FOGRA39 prints exactly
on screenon press

in gamut · no shift

Japan Color 2011 Coated prints exactly
on screenon press

in gamut · no shift

APTEC Flexo Coated prints exactly
on screenon press

in gamut · no shift

CGATS21 CRPC7 (extended gamut) prints exactly
on screenon press

in gamut · no shift

Press values computed through the ICC characterization data each standard proofs against. Each CMYK held to prints the color exactly.

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The strip shows this page's tints and shades on screen, then through a standard GRACoL 2013 conversion.

The Dark Pastel Greens

Colors similar to Dark Pastel Green

Here are other colors similar to Dark Pastel Green along with accessible text pairings and whether or not they're print-safe. Explore The Greens

FernFern#63A950black text · AAA✓ prints exactly
AlgaeAlgae#54AC68black text · AAA✓ prints exactly
Mid GreenMid Green#50A747black text · AA✓ prints exactly
Chateau GreenChateau Green#40A860black text · AA✓ prints exactly
Jade GreenJade Green#2BAF6Ablack text · AAA! within tolerance
Medium Sea GreenMedium Sea Green#3CB371black text · AAA! within tolerance
Seaweed GreenSeaweed Green#35AD6Bblack text · AAA! within tolerance
Off GreenOff Green#6BA353black text · AA✓ prints exactly
Muted GreenMuted Green#5FA052black text · AA✓ prints exactly
GreenishGreenish#40A368black text · AA✓ prints exactly
Flat GreenFlat Green#699D4Cblack text · AA✓ prints exactly
Fruit SaladFruit Salad#4F9D5Dblack text · AA✓ prints exactly
Light Forest GreenLight Forest Green#4F9153black text · AA✓ prints exactly
Fern GreenFern Green#548D44black text · AA✓ prints exactly
Kelley GreenKelley Green#009337black text · AA! within tolerance
Sea GreenSea Green#2E8B57black text · AA✓ prints exactly
Forest GreenForest Green#228B22black text · AA✕ shifts on press
La PalmaLa Palma#368716black text · AA✕ shifts on press
Jungle GreenJungle Green#048243white text · AA✓ prints exactly
Tree GreenTree Green#2A7E19white text · AA✕ shifts on press
SalemSalem#097F4Bwhite text · AA✓ prints exactly
Pairings

Colors that go with Dark Pastel Green

The complementary color, straight across the wheel, is a vivid purple #9D5BB9. Rhapsody's pick is the split complement, just to one side of it, a livelier pair.

The accent is for the moments that need attention, the harmony for the ones that need calm; the neutral carries the text and surfaces in between.

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Dark Pastel Green color codes: hex #56AE57, RGB, HSL, CMYK, and OKLCH, from Rhapsody
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The full tonal scale of Dark Pastel Green, 13 steps from light to dark with every hex, from Rhapsody
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Dark Pastel Green paired with a warm rich pink #D36CB4, a cool bright turquoise #8DD9E1, a pastel teal #BECCBD: hex values and roles, from Rhapsody
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