#559B48#559B48

#559B48 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.137 H 140.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559B48
RGB	rgb(85, 155, 72)
HSL	hsl(111, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(111, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 0%, 53.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.89, -38.78, 36.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.89, 53.21, 136.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% -0.1061 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.137 140.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.6367, 25.8408, 10.2408)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559B48 #8E489B

analogous

#7F9B48 #559B48 #489B64

triadic

#559B48 #48559B #9B4855

tetradic

#559B48 #487F9B #8E489B #9B6448

square

#559B48 #487F9B #8E489B #9B6448

split-complementary

#559B48 #64489B #9B487F

monochromatic

#274721 #3E7135 #559B48 #74B968 #9BCC91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#559B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#559B48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559B48

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559B48	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8F40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95894E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F9788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 155, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.137 140.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab97d',
    500: '#559b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559b48;
$custom-light: #8ab97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 110.602,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62376,
    "c": 0.13727,
    "h": 140.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559B48

secondary

#B087B8

accent

#5BCDBB

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#F0F6EE

border

#CBD0C9

text

#0C110A

muted

#7D807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #559B48

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

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