What color is #55FF11?

#55FF11 is a vivid green known as Poisonous. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Poisonous?

The RGB value is 85, 255, 17: 85 red, 255 green and 17 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Poisonous?

The complementary color is #BB11FF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #55FF11?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 15.7:1 and white text 1.34:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Poisonous color: hex code #55FF11

#55FF11 rgb(85, 255, 17)

Shades of green

Poisonous has the hex code #55FF11. It is a vivid green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 33.3% red, 100% green and 6.7% blue (85, 255, 17).

Its hue angle is 103°, with 100% saturation and 53% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 67% cyan, 0% magenta, 93% yellow and 0% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 15.7:1).

Poisonous (#55FF11) color codes

HEX	`#55FF11`
RGB	`rgb(85, 255, 17)`
RGB percent	`rgb(33.3%, 100%, 6.7%)`
HSL	`hsl(103, 100%, 53%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(103, 93%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(67%, 0%, 93%, 0%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(88.68, -77.75, 82.95)`
CIE LCH	`lch(88.68, 113.69, 133.15)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(39.606, 73.488, 12.628)`
Decimal	`5635857`
Short hex	`#5F1`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Poisonous, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #55FF11	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	15.7:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.34:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#55FF11 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.34:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	15.7:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #55FF11 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #55ff11; }
.text { color: #55ff11; }
.border { border: 2px solid #55ff11; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(85 255 17 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #55ff11, #11ff44); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #55FF11 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #55FF11?: #55FF11 is a vivid green known as Poisonous. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Poisonous?: The RGB value is 85, 255, 17: 85 red, 255 green and 17 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Poisonous?: The complementary color is #BB11FF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #55FF11?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 15.7:1 and white text 1.34:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.