#559B40#559B40

#559B40 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.145 H 139.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559B40
RGB	rgb(85, 155, 64)
HSL	hsl(106, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(106, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 0%, 58.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, -39.75, 40.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 56.58, 134.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% -0.1092 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.145 139)
XYZ	xyz(16.3925, 25.7431, 8.9546)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559B40 #86409B

analogous

#829B40 #559B40 #409B58

triadic

#559B40 #40559B #9B4055

tetradic

#559B40 #40829B #86409B #9B5840

square

#559B40 #40829B #86409B #9B5840

split-complementary

#559B40 #58409B #9B4082

monochromatic

#25441C #3D702E #559B40 #72BC5C #98CE88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#559B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#559B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559B40

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559B40	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#509687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 155, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.145 139.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab978',
    500: '#559b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559b40;
$custom-light: #8ab978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 106.154,
    "s": 41.553,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6227,
    "c": 0.14461,
    "h": 139
  },
  "luminance": 0.25744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559B40

secondary

#AB7EB8

accent

#56D1B5

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#F0F6ED

border

#CBD0C8

text

#0C1109

muted

#7D807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #559B40

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

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