#55C579#55C579

#55C579 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.150 H 151.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C579
RGB	rgb(85, 197, 121)
HSL	hsl(139, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(139, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 38.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -48.76, 28.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 56.61, 149.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.1321 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.15 151.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1617, 43.2418, 25.0006)
Luminance	0.4324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C579 #C555A1

analogous

#69C555 #55C579 #55C5B1

triadic

#55C579 #7955C5 #C57955

tetradic

#55C579 #5569C5 #C555A1 #C5B155

square

#55C579 #5569C5 #C555A1 #C5B155

split-complementary

#55C579 #B155C5 #C55569

monochromatic

#297742 #38A55B #55C579 #83D59D #B0E4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#55C579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#55C579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C579

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C579	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B674

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AC7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 197, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.150 151.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed7a0',
    500: '#55c579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c579;
$custom-light: #8ed7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 139.286,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73943,
    "c": 0.1503,
    "h": 151.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C579

secondary

#D2A3C3

accent

#4FACD9

background

#F9FDF9

surface

#F1FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0D140F

muted

#7E837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C579

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

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