#55CC11Verminal (#55CC11) is a light, vivid green with an OKLCH hue of 138°, lightness 0.75 and chroma 0.228. 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 | #55CC11 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(85, 204, 17) |
| HSL | hsl(98, 85%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(98, 92%, 80%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(58%, 0%, 92%, 20%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(73 -61.4 70) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.747 0.228 138) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Verminal 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.
#69c700 — ΔE 1.8, shifts subtly: leans toward yellow#60cd01 — ΔE 0.9, shifts subtly: leans toward yellow#55cc11 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#53cd15 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Verminal 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 2.09:1 and against black 10.03:1, 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.
#d9ffcc · #7ce854 · #55cc11 · #399400 · #276b00 · #154400
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.
#00f7c3 · #00e481 · #55cc11 · #89a900 · #938c00 · #917200
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.
#55cc11 · #00a39e · #338600 · #00625e · #164600 · #002726
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.
#badbb0 · #55cc11 · #c24fe1 · #235b06 · #113a00 · #031c00
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#fbecff · #55cc11 · #84987d · #5e5361 · #152a0e · #030004
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.
#f6eff9 · #cec5d1 · #a298a5 · #291d2d · #07010a · #55cc11
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#fbecff · #55cc11 · #be67d8 · #8700a4 · #3c004a · #000200
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#f3cabc · #55cc11 · #8c95cb · #b057a3 · #36344f · #100f04
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#eaf2ff · #55cc11 · #438ffe · #a6002d · #4b000e · #000322
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#e2f6ff · #55cc11 · #009fcf · #8700a4 · #3f1600 · #05000a
#70D549 · #88DE6B · #9FE788 · #B5F0A3 · #CBF8BD
#42A800 · #328400 · #236200 · #144300 · #072500
#6EC74D · #82C16D · #93BA87
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.