#559B72#559B72

#559B72 is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.095 H 156.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559B72
RGB	rgb(85, 155, 114)
HSL	hsl(145, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(145, 45%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 0%, 26.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.59, -31.73, 14.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.59, 35.00, 155.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% -0.0871 0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.095 156.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.5036, 26.5876, 20.0732)
Luminance	0.2659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559B72 #9B557E

analogous

#5B9B55 #559B72 #559B95

triadic

#559B72 #72559B #9B7255

tetradic

#559B72 #555B9B #9B557E #9B9555

square

#559B72 #555B9B #9B557E #9B9555

split-complementary

#559B72 #95559B #9B555B

monochromatic

#2A4C38 #3F7355 #559B72 #78B591 #A0CBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#559B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#559B72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559B72

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559B72	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908A74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#459A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 155, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.095 156.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b99a',
    500: '#559b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559b72;
$custom-light: #89b99a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144.857,
    "s": 29.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63182,
    "c": 0.09494,
    "h": 156.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559B72

secondary

#B894A9

accent

#629CC5

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#F0F6F2

border

#CBD0CC

text

#0C110E

muted

#7D807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #559B72

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

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