#55B040#55B040

#55B040 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.173 H 140.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B040
RGB	rgb(85, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(109, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(109, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 0%, 63.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.44, -48.38, 47.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.44, 68.01, 135.35°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% -0.1326 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.173 140.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.1962, 33.3506, 10.2226)
Luminance	0.3335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B040 #9B40B0

analogous

#8DB040 #55B040 #40B063

triadic

#55B040 #4055B0 #B04055

tetradic

#55B040 #408DB0 #9B40B0 #B06340

square

#55B040 #408DB0 #9B40B0 #B06340

split-complementary

#55B040 #6340B0 #B0408D

monochromatic

#2A561F #3F8330 #55B040 #78C766 #A0D893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#55B040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#55B040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B040

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B040	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CAA98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.173 140.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc879',
    500: '#55b040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b040;
$custom-light: #8dc879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 108.75,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67728,
    "c": 0.17292,
    "h": 140.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B040

secondary

#B889C3

accent

#51D6BD

background

#F9FCF7

surface

#F1F8EE

border

#CBD1C9

text

#0D1309

muted

#7E827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B040

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

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