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Information about #55BC38 color

#55BC38 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #55BC38 is classified in the Register under the Green Color Family, with Moderate Saturation and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(85, 188, 56) — 33.3% red, 73.7% green, 22% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 40 / 0 / 52 / 26. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A clearly saturated leafy green, #55BC38 carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Leafy Green (#51B73B). Slightly further away sit Wham (#5FB33A) and Grass (#5CAC2D).

In RGB terms — rgb(85, 188, 56) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 8.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.4:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #55BC38 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#55BC38 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#55BC38 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 #55BC38

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

Leafy Green color link
Leafy Green

#51B73B

Wham color link
Wham

#5FB33A

Grass color link
Grass

#5CAC2D

Green Snake color link
Green Snake

#6CBB3C

Apple color link
Apple

#66B447

Tree Frog color link
Tree Frog

#50A743

Mid Green color link
Mid Green

#50A747

Groovy color link
Groovy

#5CA345

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#55BC38
  • RGB85, 188, 56
  • CMYK40, 0, 52, 26
  • CSSrgb(85, 188, 56)
  • HSL107°, 54%, 48%
  • HSL Precise106.818°, 54.098%, 47.843%
  • HSV107°, 70%, 74%
  • HSB107°, 70%, 74%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.333
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.737
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.220
  • GLSLvec3(0.333, 0.737, 0.220)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.333, 0.737, 0.220, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.333, 0.737, 0.220)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB33.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB73.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB22%
  • Color FamilyGreen
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID55BC38
  • DECIMAL ID5618744
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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