#55A561#55A561

#55A561 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.127 H 147.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A561
RGB	rgb(85, 165, 97)
HSL	hsl(129, 32%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(129, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 0%, 41.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.40, -39.43, 27.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.40, 48.28, 144.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% -0.1071 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.127 147.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.3580, 29.7032, 16.0202)
Luminance	0.2970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A561 #A55599

analogous

#71A555 #55A561 #55A589

triadic

#55A561 #6155A5 #A56155

tetradic

#55A561 #5571A5 #A55599 #A58955

square

#55A561 #5571A5 #A55599 #A58955

split-complementary

#55A561 #8955A5 #A55571

monochromatic

#2B5432 #407D49 #55A561 #7CBB85 #A4D0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#55A561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#55A561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55A561

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A561	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7995C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9165

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 165, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.127 147.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac08e',
    500: '#55a561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a561;
$custom-light: #8ac08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 129,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65364,
    "c": 0.12735,
    "h": 147.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A561

secondary

#BE98B8

accent

#60B8C8

background

#F8FBF8

surface

#F0F7F0

border

#CBD0CB

text

#0C120C

muted

#7D817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A561

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

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