#55B538#55B538

#55B538 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.185 H 139.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B538
RGB	rgb(85, 181, 56)
HSL	hsl(106, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(106, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 0%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, -51.05, 52.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 73.43, 134.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.95% -0.1404 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(68.95% 0.185 139.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.9832, 35.2629, 9.4413)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B538 #9838B5

analogous

#94B538 #55B538 #38B55A

triadic

#55B538 #3855B5 #B53855

tetradic

#55B538 #3894B5 #9838B5 #B55A38

square

#55B538 #3894B5 #9838B5 #B55A38

split-complementary

#55B538 #5A38B5 #B53894

monochromatic

#29581B #3F862A #55B538 #77CD5D #9EDB8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#55B538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#55B538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B538

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B538	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CAF9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 181, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.185 139.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecc75',
    500: '#55b538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b538;
$custom-light: #8ecc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 106.08,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68948,
    "c": 0.18502,
    "h": 139.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B538

secondary

#B683C6

accent

#4CDCBB

background

#F9FCF7

surface

#F1F9ED

border

#CBD2C8

text

#0D1309

muted

#7E827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B538

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

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