#55B231#55B231

#55B231 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.186 H 138.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B231
RGB	rgb(85, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(103, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(103, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 0%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, -50.47, 54.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 74.23, 132.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% -0.1392 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.186 138.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.2203, 33.9923, 8.4008)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B231 #8E31B2

analogous

#96B231 #55B231 #31B24E

triadic

#55B231 #3155B2 #B23155

tetradic

#55B231 #3196B2 #8E31B2 #B24E31

square

#55B231 #3196B2 #8E31B2 #B24E31

split-complementary

#55B231 #4E31B2 #B23196

monochromatic

#275217 #3E8224 #55B231 #74CF51 #9BDC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#55B231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#55B231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B231

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B231	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A21A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DAC99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.186 138.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eca71',
    500: '#55b231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b231;
$custom-light: #8eca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 103.256,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68112,
    "c": 0.18584,
    "h": 138.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B231

secondary

#B079C5

accent

#48E0B6

background

#F9FCF7

surface

#F1F8ED

border

#CBD1C8

text

#0D1308

muted

#7E827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B231

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

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