#55E159#55E159

#55E159 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.215 H 143.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E159
RGB	rgb(85, 225, 89)
HSL	hsl(122, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(122, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 0%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.90, -63.81, 54.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.90, 83.78, 139.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% -0.1731 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.215 143.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4728, 56.4998, 18.6435)
Luminance	0.5650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#55E159 #E155DD

analogous

#97E155 #55E159 #55E19F

triadic

#55E159 #5955E1 #E15955

tetradic

#55E159 #5597E1 #E155DD #E19F55

square

#55E159 #5597E1 #E155DD #E19F55

split-complementary

#55E159 #9F55E1 #E15597

monochromatic

#1C9F20 #25D32A #55E159 #89EA8C #BDF3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#55E159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#55E159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E159

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E159	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37DBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 225, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.215 143.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94eb8c',
    500: '#55e159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e159;
$custom-light: #94eb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 121.714,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80543,
    "c": 0.21487,
    "h": 143.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E159

secondary

#A338A0

accent

#14CDD2

background

#FCFFFC

surface

#F5FEF4

border

#CFD6CE

text

#0E160C

muted

#7F857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E159

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

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