#55a230

Color #55a230

A moderately saturated medium green.

Closest named color Forest Green #228b22 · ΔE 11.65 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#55a230

RGB

rgb(85, 162, 48)

HSL

hsl(100.5, 54.3%, 41.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(100.5, 70.4%, 63.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.5%, 0%, 70.4%, 36.5%)

LAB

lab(59.87, -44.23, 49.6)

LCH

lch(59.87, 66.46, 131.72)

OKLCH

oklch(63.9%, 0.1664, 137.34)

HWB

hwb(100.5, 18.8%, 36.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7d30a2

Analogous

#8ea230

#55a230

#30a244

Triadic

#55a230

#3055a2

#a23055

Split-complementary

#55a230

#4430a2

#a2308e

Tetradic

#55a230

#30a27d

#7d30a2

#a23055

Square

#55a230

#308ea2

#7d30a2

#a24430

Shades

Color #55a230 mixed toward black.

#478728

#396c20

#2b5118

#1c3610

#0e1b08

Tints

Color #55a230 mixed toward white.

#6ac63e

#88d165

#a6dd8b

#c4e8b2

#e1f4d8

Tones

Color #55a230 mixed toward gray.

#58993a

#5c8f43

#5f864d

#627c56

#667360

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7e5d · ΔE 19.9

Deuteranopia

#797365 · ΔE 26.5

Tritanopia

#5b7478 · ΔE 31.7

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 26.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #55a230;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55a230]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Forest Green #228b22

Mint Green #98ff98

Frequently asked questions

#55a230 (#55a230) is rgb(85, 162, 48) in RGB.

No, #55a230 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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