#55C159#55C159

#55C159 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.174 H 144.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C159
RGB	rgb(85, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(122, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(122, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 0%, 53.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -52.09, 42.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 67.38, 140.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.1414 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.174 144.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6181, 40.7904, 16.0253)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C159 #C155BD

analogous

#87C155 #55C159 #55C18F

triadic

#55C159 #5955C1 #C15955

tetradic

#55C159 #5587C1 #C155BD #C18F55

square

#55C159 #5587C1 #C155BD #C18F55

split-complementary

#55C159 #8F55C1 #C15587

monochromatic

#2A722C #3A9F3E #55C159 #82D185 #AFE2B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#55C159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#55C159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C159

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C159	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B14F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42BCAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.174 144.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed58a',
    500: '#55c159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c159;
$custom-light: #8ed58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 122.222,
    "s": 46.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72407,
    "c": 0.17447,
    "h": 144.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C159

secondary

#D0A2CE

accent

#52D1D6

background

#F9FDF8

surface

#F1FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0D140C

muted

#7E837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C159

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

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