#559D6A#559D6A

#559D6A is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.106 H 151.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559D6A
RGB	rgb(85, 157, 106)
HSL	hsl(138, 30%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(138, 46%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 0%, 32.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.05, -34.24, 19.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.05, 39.58, 149.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% -0.0934 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.106 151.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.4036, 27.0845, 17.8909)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559D6A #9D5588

analogous

#649D55 #559D6A #559D8E

triadic

#559D6A #6A559D #9D6A55

tetradic

#559D6A #55649D #9D5588 #9D8E55

square

#559D6A #55649D #9D5588 #9D8E55

split-complementary

#559D6A #8E559D #9D5564

monochromatic

#2A4E34 #40754F #559D6A #79B68B #A1CCAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#559D6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#559D6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559D6A

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559D6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559D6A	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9367

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938B6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#479B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559d6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 157, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.106 151.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ba95',
    500: '#559d6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559d6a;
$custom-light: #89ba95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559d6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.5,
    "s": 29.752,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63504,
    "c": 0.10596,
    "h": 151.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559D6A

secondary

#B995AF

accent

#62A9C6

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#F0F6F1

border

#CBD0CB

text

#0C120D

muted

#7D817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #559D6A

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

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