#55A656#55A656
#55A656 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.140 H 144.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #55A656 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(85, 166, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(121, 32%, 49%) |
| HSV | hsv(121, 49%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(48.8%, 0%, 48.2%, 34.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(61.55, -41.58, 33.81) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(61.55, 53.59, 140.88°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.43% -0.1131 0.0821) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.43% 0.14 144) |
| XYZ | xyz(19.0613, 29.8742, 13.5642) |
| Luminance | 0.2988 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Family | green |
Closest named colors
Muted Green
#5FA052
ΔE00 2.44
Dark Pastel Green
#56AE57
ΔE00 2.45
Mid Green
#50A747
ΔE00 2.56
Fern (survey)
#63A950
ΔE00 2.80
Algae
#54AC68
ΔE00 3.39
Off Green
#6BA353
ΔE00 3.61
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#55A656 #A655A5
analogous
#7DA655 #55A656 #55A67F
triadic
#55A656 #5655A6 #A65655
tetradic
#55A656 #557DA6 #A655A5 #A67F55
square
#55A656 #557DA6 #A655A5 #A67F55
split-complementary
#55A656 #7F55A6 #A6557D
monochromatic
#2C552C #407E41 #55A656 #7CBC7D #A5D1A5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.01
#55A656 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.98
#55A656 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #55A656
6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##55A656 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##55A656 | 1.00 | 3.01 | 6.98 | 6.98 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.01 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.98 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.98 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#A9994F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9E925B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#4AA293
Achromatopsia (no color)
#959595
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #55a656; /* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 166, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.140 144.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#8ac187',
500: '#55a656',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #55a656; $custom-light: #8ac187; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#55a656",
"rgb": {
"r": 85,
"g": 166,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 120.741,
"s": 32.271,
"l": 49.216
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65431,
"c": 0.13976,
"h": 144
},
"luminance": 0.29876
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#55A656
secondary
#BE99BE
accent
#5FC7C8
background
#F8FBF8
surface
#F0F7EF
border
#CBD0CA
text
#0C120B
muted
#7D817C