#559970#559970

#559970 is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.094 H 156.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559970
RGB	rgb(85, 153, 112)
HSL	hsl(144, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(144, 44%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 0%, 26.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, -31.19, 14.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 34.60, 154.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% -0.0856 0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.094 156)
XYZ	xyz(18.0609, 25.8823, 19.3702)
Luminance	0.2588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559970 #99557E

analogous

#5C9955 #559970 #559992

triadic

#559970 #705599 #997055

tetradic

#559970 #555C99 #99557E #999255

square

#559970 #555C99 #99557E #999255

split-complementary

#559970 #925599 #99555C

monochromatic

#294A36 #3F7253 #559970 #77B48F #9FCAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#559970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#559970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559970

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559970	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98906E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8872

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 153, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.094 156.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b799',
    500: '#559970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559970;
$custom-light: #88b799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 143.824,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62628,
    "c": 0.09373,
    "h": 156
  },
  "luminance": 0.25884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559970

secondary

#B793A9

accent

#639EC5

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#F0F6F2

border

#CBD0CC

text

#0C110E

muted

#7D807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #559970

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

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