#559B59#559B59

#559B59 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.120 H 145.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559B59
RGB	rgb(85, 155, 89)
HSL	hsl(123, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(123, 45%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 0%, 42.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.13, -36.31, 27.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.13, 45.79, 142.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% -0.0988 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.12 145.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.2699, 26.0941, 13.5759)
Luminance	0.2610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559B59 #9B5597

analogous

#749B55 #559B59 #559B7C

triadic

#559B59 #59559B #9B5955

tetradic

#559B59 #55749B #9B5597 #9B7C55

square

#559B59 #55749B #9B5597 #9B7C55

split-complementary

#559B59 #7C559B #9B5574

monochromatic

#2A4C2C #3F7342 #559B59 #78B57C #A0CBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#559B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#559B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559B59

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559B59	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93895D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B988B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 155, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.120 145.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b989',
    500: '#559b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559b59;
$custom-light: #89b989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 123.429,
    "s": 29.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62651,
    "c": 0.12033,
    "h": 145.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559B59

secondary

#B894B6

accent

#62C0C5

background

#F8FBF8

surface

#F0F6F0

border

#CBD0CB

text

#0C110B

muted

#7D807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #559B59

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

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