#55A540#55A540

#55A540 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.158 H 139.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A540
RGB	rgb(85, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(108, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(108, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 0%, 61.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.97, -43.95, 43.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.97, 62.12, 135.04°)
OKLab	oklab(64.87% -0.1206 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(64.87% 0.158 139.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.1262, 29.2105, 9.5325)
Luminance	0.2921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A540 #9040A5

analogous

#87A540 #55A540 #40A55E

triadic

#55A540 #4055A5 #A54055

tetradic

#55A540 #4087A5 #9040A5 #A55E40

square

#55A540 #4087A5 #9040A5 #A55E40

split-complementary

#55A540 #5E40A5 #A54087

monochromatic

#284D1E #3E792F #55A540 #75C261 #9BD38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#55A540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#55A540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55A540

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A540	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EA08F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.158 139.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc079',
    500: '#55a540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a540;
$custom-light: #8bc079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 107.525,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64872,
    "c": 0.15836,
    "h": 139.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A540

secondary

#B183BE

accent

#54D4B9

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#F0F7ED

border

#CBD0C8

text

#0C1209

muted

#7D817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A540

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

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