#559922

Color #559922

A moderately saturated dark green.

Closest named color Forest Green #228b22 · ΔE 12.29 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#559922

RGB

rgb(85, 153, 34)

HSL

hsl(94.3, 63.6%, 36.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(94.3, 77.8%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.4%, 0%, 77.8%, 40%)

LAB

lab(56.91, -41.52, 51.8)

LCH

lch(56.91, 66.39, 128.71)

OKLCH

oklch(61.5%, 0.1637, 135.17)

HWB

hwb(94.3, 13.3%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#662299

Analogous

#919922

#559922

#22992b

Triadic

#559922

#225599

#992255

Split-complementary

#559922

#2b2299

#992291

Tetradic

#559922

#229966

#662299

#992255

Square

#559922

#229199

#662299

#992b22

Shades

Color #559922 mixed toward black.

#47801c

#396617

#2b4d11

#1c330b

#0e1a06

Tints

Color #559922 mixed toward white.

#6ec52c

#8ad84f

#a7e27b

#c4eba7

#e2f5d3

Tones

Color #559922 mixed toward gray.

#568f2c

#588536

#597b40

#5b714a

#5c6854

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#787954 · ΔE 18.4

Deuteranopia

#746f5c · ΔE 24.4

Tritanopia

#5a6b6f · ΔE 32.3

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 26.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #559922;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#559922]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#559922 (#559922) is rgb(85, 153, 34) in RGB.

No, #559922 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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