#55A557#55A557

#55A557 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.137 H 144.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A557
RGB	rgb(85, 165, 87)
HSL	hsl(122, 32%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(122, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 0%, 47.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.25, -41.01, 32.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.25, 52.59, 141.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% -0.1115 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.137 144.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.9208, 29.5283, 13.7175)
Luminance	0.2953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A557 #A555A3

analogous

#7BA555 #55A557 #55A57F

triadic

#55A557 #5755A5 #A55755

tetradic

#55A557 #557BA5 #A555A3 #A57F55

square

#55A557 #557BA5 #A555A3 #A57F55

split-complementary

#55A557 #7F55A5 #A5557B

monochromatic

#2B542C #407D42 #55A557 #7CBB7D #A4D0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#55A557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#55A557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55A557

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A557	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D915C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4AA192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 165, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.137 144.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac088',
    500: '#55a557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a557;
$custom-light: #8ac088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 121.5,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6519,
    "c": 0.13733,
    "h": 144.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A557

secondary

#BE98BD

accent

#60C6C8

background

#F8FBF8

surface

#F0F7F0

border

#CBD0CB

text

#0C120B

muted

#7D817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A557

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

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