#55B281#55B281

#55B281 is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.116 H 158.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B281
RGB	rgb(85, 178, 129)
HSL	hsl(148, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(148, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 0%, 27.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, -39.17, 16.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 42.62, 156.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% -0.1074 0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.116 158.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.6272, 35.3550, 26.3437)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B281 #B25586

analogous

#58B255 #55B281 #55B2B0

triadic

#55B281 #8155B2 #B28155

tetradic

#55B281 #5558B2 #B25586 #B2B055

square

#55B281 #5558B2 #B25586 #B2B055

split-complementary

#55B281 #B055B2 #B25558

monochromatic

#2C6145 #3F8B63 #55B281 #7FC5A0 #A9D8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#55B281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#55B281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B281

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B281	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A67E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39D84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 178, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.116 158.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc9a5',
    500: '#55b281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b281;
$custom-light: #8bc9a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.387,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69335,
    "c": 0.11558,
    "h": 158.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B281

secondary

#C69DB3

accent

#5A97CE

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C130F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B281

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

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