#559E72#559E72

#559E72 is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.100 H 155.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559E72
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 114)
HSL	hsl(144, 30%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(144, 46%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 0%, 27.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.52, -33.14, 16.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.52, 36.83, 154.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% -0.0908 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.1 155.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.0091, 27.5985, 20.2417)
Luminance	0.2760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559E72 #9E5581

analogous

#5C9E55 #559E72 #559E97

triadic

#559E72 #72559E #9E7255

tetradic

#559E72 #555C9E #9E5581 #9E9755

square

#559E72 #555C9E #9E5581 #9E9755

split-complementary

#559E72 #97559E #9E555C

monochromatic

#2A4E39 #407655 #559E72 #79B792 #A1CCB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#559E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#559E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559E72

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559E72	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D946F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928C75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#449D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.100 155.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bb9a',
    500: '#559e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559e72;
$custom-light: #89bb9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 143.836,
    "s": 30.041,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6394,
    "c": 0.0996,
    "h": 155.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559E72

secondary

#BA95AB

accent

#629EC6

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#F0F6F2

border

#CBD0CC

text

#0C120E

muted

#7D817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #559E72

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

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