#55C221#55C221

#55C221 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.212 H 138.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C221
RGB	rgb(85, 194, 33)
HSL	hsl(101, 71%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(101, 83%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 0%, 83%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -57.33, 64.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 86.05, 131.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.1586 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.212 138.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3117, 40.6227, 8.0511)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C221 #8E21C2

analogous

#A6C221 #55C221 #21C23E

triadic

#55C221 #2155C2 #C22155

tetradic

#55C221 #21A6C2 #8E21C2 #C23E21

square

#55C221 #21A6C2 #8E21C2 #C23E21

split-complementary

#55C221 #3E21C2 #C221A6

monochromatic

#27590F #3E8E18 #55C221 #74DF41 #9BE876

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#55C221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#55C221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C221

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C221	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BBBA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 194, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.212 138.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d56c',
    500: '#55c221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c221;
$custom-light: #91d56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 100.621,
    "s": 70.925,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72171,
    "c": 0.21233,
    "h": 138.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C221

secondary

#B070CF

accent

#3AEEB4

background

#F9FDF6

surface

#F2FAEC

border

#CCD3C7

text

#0E1408

muted

#7E837A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C221

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

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