#11BB55Intoxicate (#11BB55) is a light, saturated green with an OKLCH hue of 149°, lightness 0.69 and chroma 0.19. It sits on the transitional side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #11BB55 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(17, 187, 85) |
| HSL | hsl(144, 83%, 40%) |
| HSV | hsv(144, 91%, 73%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(91%, 0%, 55%, 27%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(66.8 -61.1 40.4) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.693 0.190 149) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Intoxicate shifts subtly: leans toward yellow; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.8), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#3db64c — ΔE 1.8, shifts subtly: leans toward yellow#2dbc52 — ΔE 0.9, shifts subtly: leans toward yellow#11bb55 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#07bc57 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Intoxicate in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 2.54:1 and against black 8.26:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#d4ffda · #70e78c · #11bb55 · #009641 · #006c2d · #004519
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#00e0c8 · #00cd96 · #11bb55 · #5b9f0c · #738200 · #746800
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#68ced5 · #11bb55 · #0f9744 · #006f75 · #005521 · #003337
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#b1f6bd · #a6caab · #11bb55 · #b546b1 · #2f6a3d · #22482a
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#fdecfb · #11bb55 · #728875 · #544a53 · #0e2513 · #030003
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#f8eef7 · #d0c5cf · #a497a3 · #2b1c2a · #090108 · #11bb55
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#ffeafd · #11bb55 · #b25bad · #81047e · #3a0039 · #000200
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#ecceb3 · #11bb55 · #a564cb · #93616b · #382c40 · #0e1104
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#edf2ff · #11bb55 · #5d79db · #960000 · #440000 · #010012
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#e5f4ff · #11bb55 · #008aca · #81047e · #341700 · #060006
#4CC76E · #6FD385 · #8DDE9D · #A8EAB4 · #C3F5CB
#009A43 · #007A33 · #005B24 · #003E16 · #002309
#4CB567 · #68AF77 · #7EA985
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.