#55B227#55B227

#55B227 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.191 H 137.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B227
RGB	rgb(85, 178, 39)
HSL	hsl(100, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(100, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 0%, 78.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, -51.14, 57.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 77.19, 131.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.04% -0.1416 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(68.04% 0.191 137.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.0322, 33.9171, 7.4101)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B227 #8427B2

analogous

#9AB227 #55B227 #27B23F

triadic

#55B227 #2755B2 #B22755

tetradic

#55B227 #279AB2 #8427B2 #B23F27

square

#55B227 #279AB2 #8427B2 #B23F27

split-complementary

#55B227 #3F27B2 #B2279A

monochromatic

#254E11 #3D801C #55B227 #72D541 #97E073

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#55B227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#55B227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B227

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B227	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EAC98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 178, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.191 137.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eca6c',
    500: '#55b227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b227;
$custom-light: #8eca6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 100.144,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68043,
    "c": 0.19142,
    "h": 137.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B227

secondary

#AA6DC8

accent

#41E7B0

background

#F9FCF6

surface

#F2F8EC

border

#CCD1C7

text

#0D1307

muted

#7E827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B227

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

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