#55AE55#55AE55

#55AE55 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.152 H 143.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AE55
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 85)
HSL	hsl(120, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(120, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 0%, 51.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.05, -45.07, 37.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.05, 58.58, 140.30°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% -0.1226 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.152 143.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5210, 32.8577, 13.8534)
Luminance	0.3286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AE55 #AE55AE

analogous

#81AE55 #55AE55 #55AE81

triadic

#55AE55 #5555AE #AE5555

tetradic

#55AE55 #5581AE #AE55AE #AE8155

square

#55AE55 #5581AE #AE55AE #AE8155

split-complementary

#55AE55 #8155AE #AE5581

monochromatic

#2C5D2C #408640 #55AE55 #7EC27E #A8D5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#55AE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#55AE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AE55

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AE55	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5985B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48AA99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ae55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.152 143.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc787',
    500: '#55ae55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ae55;
$custom-light: #8cc787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ae55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67475,
    "c": 0.15215,
    "h": 143.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AE55

secondary

#C39CC3

accent

#5CCBCB

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F8EF

border

#CBD1CA

text

#0D130B

muted

#7D827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AE55

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

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