#55B540#55B540

#55B540 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.179 H 140.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B540
RGB	rgb(85, 181, 64)
HSL	hsl(109, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(109, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 0%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, -50.32, 49.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 70.61, 135.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.02% -0.1379 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(69.02% 0.179 140.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.1947, 35.3475, 10.5554)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B540 #A040B5

analogous

#8FB540 #55B540 #40B566

triadic

#55B540 #4055B5 #B54055

tetradic

#55B540 #408FB5 #A040B5 #B56640

square

#55B540 #408FB5 #A040B5 #B56640

split-complementary

#55B540 #6640B5 #B5408F

monochromatic

#2B5B20 #408830 #55B540 #7ACA68 #A2DA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#55B540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#55B540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B540

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B540	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)

#BAA632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BAF9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 181, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.179 140.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecc7a',
    500: '#55b540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b540;
$custom-light: #8ecc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 109.231,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69023,
    "c": 0.17933,
    "h": 140.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B540

secondary

#BB8BC5

accent

#50D7BF

background

#F9FCF7

surface

#F1F9EE

border

#CBD2C9

text

#0D1309

muted

#7E827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B540

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

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