#55C856#55C856

#55C856 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.186 H 143.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C856
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(121, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(121, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 0%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -55.13, 46.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 72.24, 139.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.1498 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.186 143.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0789, 43.9094, 15.9034)
Luminance	0.4391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C856 #C855C7

analogous

#8DC855 #55C856 #55C88F

triadic

#55C856 #5655C8 #C85655

tetradic

#55C856 #558DC8 #C855C7 #C88F55

square

#55C856 #558DC8 #C855C7 #C88F55

split-complementary

#55C856 #8F55C8 #C8558D

monochromatic

#287B28 #37A938 #55C856 #83D784 #B1E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#55C856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#55C856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C856

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C856	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41C3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.186 143.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90da89',
    500: '#55c856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c856;
$custom-light: #90da89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120.522,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74157,
    "c": 0.18618,
    "h": 143.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C856

secondary

#D4A5D4

accent

#4DD9DB

background

#F9FDF8

surface

#F2FBF0

border

#CCD4CB

text

#0D150C

muted

#7E837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C856

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

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