#55a225

Color #55a225

A moderately saturated dark green.

Closest named color Forest Green #228b22 · ΔE 13.38 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#55a225

RGB

rgb(85, 162, 37)

HSL

hsl(97, 62.8%, 39%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(97, 77.2%, 63.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.5%, 0%, 77.2%, 36.5%)

LAB

lab(59.8, -45.02, 53.58)

LCH

lch(59.8, 69.98, 130.04)

OKLCH

oklch(63.8%, 0.1732, 136.33)

HWB

hwb(97, 14.5%, 36.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7225a2

Analogous

#93a225

#55a225

#25a234

Triadic

#55a225

#2555a2

#a22555

Split-complementary

#55a225

#3425a2

#a22593

Tetradic

#55a225

#25a272

#7225a2

#a22555

Square

#55a225

#2593a2

#7225a2

#a23425

Shades

Color #55a225 mixed toward black.

#47871f

#396c19

#2a5112

#1c360c

#0e1b06

Tints

Color #55a225 mixed toward white.

#6bcc2f

#88d856

#a6e280

#c4ecab

#e1f5d5

Tones

Color #55a225 mixed toward gray.

#57972f

#5a8d3a

#5c8344

#5f784f

#616e59

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.58:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7e5a · ΔE 19.8

Deuteranopia

#797362 · ΔE 26.2

Tritanopia

#5b7276 · ΔE 32.7

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 27.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #55a225;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55a225]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#55a225 (#55a225) is rgb(85, 162, 37) in RGB.

No, #55a225 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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