#55B22A#55B22A

#55B22A is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.190 H 137.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B22A
RGB	rgb(85, 178, 42)
HSL	hsl(101, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(101, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 0%, 76.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, -50.95, 56.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 76.35, 131.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.06% -0.141 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(68.06% 0.19 137.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.0839, 33.9377, 7.6823)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B22A #872AB2

analogous

#99B22A #55B22A #2AB243

triadic

#55B22A #2A55B2 #B22A55

tetradic

#55B22A #2A99B2 #872AB2 #B2432A

square

#55B22A #2A99B2 #872AB2 #B2432A

split-complementary

#55B22A #432AB2 #B22A99

monochromatic

#264F13 #3D801E #55B22A #73D346 #98DF77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#55B22A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#55B22A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B22A

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B22A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B22A	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A209

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EAC98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b22a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 178, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.190 137.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eca6e',
    500: '#55b22a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b22a;
$custom-light: #8eca6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b22a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 101.029,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68062,
    "c": 0.18985,
    "h": 137.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B22A

secondary

#AC71C7

accent

#43E5B2

background

#F9FCF6

surface

#F2F8EC

border

#CCD1C7

text

#0D1308

muted

#7E827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B22A

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

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