#559E70#559E70

#559E70 is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.102 H 154.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559E70
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 112)
HSL	hsl(142, 30%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(142, 46%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 0%, 29.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.48, -33.54, 17.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.48, 37.66, 152.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.89% -0.0918 0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(63.89% 0.102 154.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.8965, 27.5535, 19.6487)
Luminance	0.2756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559E70 #9E5583

analogous

#5E9E55 #559E70 #559E94

triadic

#559E70 #70559E #9E7055

tetradic

#559E70 #555E9E #9E5583 #9E9455

square

#559E70 #555E9E #9E5583 #9E9455

split-complementary

#559E70 #94559E #9E555E

monochromatic

#2A4E38 #407654 #559E70 #79B790 #A1CCB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#559E70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#559E70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559E70

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559E70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559E70	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E946D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938C73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#459D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559e70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.102 154.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bb99',
    500: '#559e70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559e70;
$custom-light: #89bb99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559e70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 142.192,
    "s": 30.041,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63893,
    "c": 0.10154,
    "h": 154.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559E70

secondary

#BA95AC

accent

#62A1C6

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#F0F6F2

border

#CBD0CC

text

#0C120E

muted

#7D817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #559E70

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

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