#55B279#55B279

#55B279 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.123 H 154.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B279
RGB	rgb(85, 178, 121)
HSL	hsl(143, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(143, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 0%, 32%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, -40.77, 20.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 45.82, 152.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% -0.1111 0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.123 154.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1162, 35.1506, 23.6520)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B279 #B2558E

analogous

#60B255 #55B279 #55B2A8

triadic

#55B279 #7955B2 #B27955

tetradic

#55B279 #5560B2 #B2558E #B2A855

square

#55B279 #5560B2 #B2558E #B2A855

split-complementary

#55B279 #A855B2 #B25560

monochromatic

#2C6140 #3F8B5C #55B279 #7FC59A #A9D8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#55B279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#55B279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B279

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B279	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A675

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49C7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CB0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 178, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.123 154.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcaa0',
    500: '#55b279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b279;
$custom-light: #8bcaa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 143.226,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69153,
    "c": 0.12304,
    "h": 154.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B279

secondary

#C69DB6

accent

#5AA1CE

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#F0F8F2

border

#CBD1CC

text

#0C130E

muted

#7D827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B279

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

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