Information about #55903C color

#55903C color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#55903C falls into the Chartreuse Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(85, 144, 60) — 33.3% red, 56.5% green, 23.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 23 / 0 / 33 / 44. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #55903C reads as a confidently colored chartreuse and feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of May Green (#4C9141). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Maximum Green (#5E8C31) and Fresh Onion (#5B8930).

Technically, the mix leans on its green channel (rgb(85, 144, 60)), which gives #55903C its character. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #55903C: 5.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.9:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #55903C is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#55903C color variations

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#55903C color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #55903C

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

May Green color link
May Green

#4C9141

Fresh Onion color link
Fresh Onion

#5B8930

Groovy color link
Groovy

#5CA345

Vida Loca color link
Vida Loca

#5F9228

Swamp color link
Swamp

#698339

Limeade color link
Limeade

#5F9727

Cobalt Green color link
Cobalt Green

#3D9140

Fern Green color link
Fern Green

#4F7942

Tree Frog color link
Tree Frog

#50A743

Kakapo color link
Kakapo

#5C9625

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#55903C
  • RGB85, 144, 60
  • CMYK23, 0, 33, 44
  • CSSrgb(85, 144, 60)
  • HSL102°, 41%, 40%
  • HSL Precise102.143°, 41.176%, 40%
  • HSV102°, 58%, 56%
  • HSB102°, 58%, 56%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.333
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.565
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.235
  • GLSLvec3(0.333, 0.565, 0.235)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.333, 0.565, 0.235, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.333, 0.565, 0.235)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB33.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB56.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB23.5%
  • Color FamilyChartreuse
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID55903C
  • DECIMAL ID5607484
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01