Closest web-safe match: #999966

Color Details and Palettes for #89A558

Details about the color Rosemarried#89A558

Conversions, palettes, contrast & design ideas for this color.

Lime family Cool WCAG ink: dark
HEX #89A558 RGB rgb(137, 165, 88) HSL hsl(82, 30%, 50%) CMYK cmyk(17%, 0%, 47%, 35%)

Color profile

About Color Hex #89A558

#89A558 is a cool color from the Lime family, closest in name to “Rosemarried”. In RGB it is rgb(137, 165, 88); in HSL, hsl(82, 30%, 50%).

The color Rosemarried, with hexadecimal code #89a558, resides within the green color family, the hue most connected to nature, growth, and renewal. Green soothes the eye more than any other color, making it ideal for wellness, sustainability, and financial brands. Additionally, it evokes emotions such as Softness, Delicacy, Calmness, Relaxation and Friendliness. Green is often linked to nature and growth universally, and in some cultures, it symbolizes fertility, renewal, and even immortality. In Islam, green holds significant religious meaning. With a moderate saturation of 30%, it has a softened, muted quality that lends sophistication and works well for backgrounds and secondary elements. With a mid-range lightness of 50%, it offers excellent versatility—readable as text on light backgrounds and visible as an element on dark ones. This color is ideal for designs that aim to express Softness, Delicacy, Calmness, Relaxation, or Friendliness. It can be effectively used in web design, branding, and marketing materials to attract attention and convey specific messages.

Key facts

RGB 137, 165, 88 red · green · blue HSL 82° 30% 50% hue · sat · light HSV 82° 47% 65% design-app pickers CMYK 17 0 47 35 print inks, % Luminance 0.329 0 dark → 1 light On black 7.59:1 ✓ AA contrast ratio On white 2.77:1 ✕ AA contrast ratio Web-safe #999966 closest web-safe Best text black ideal foreground Character Vivid cool · lime family

The story of this color

History, Usage, Psychology & Design Ideas for #89A558

Rosemarried (#89A558) belongs to the Lime color family.

With moderate saturation and balanced lightness, this muted tone feels sophisticated and understated. Muted hues like this excel in editorial design, professional portfolios, and interior spaces that seek calm refinement.

Historical Background

Lime green emerged as a popular color in the mid-20th century, fueled by psychedelic art and pop culture. The color takes its name from the citrus fruit, and its bright, acidic quality made it a staple of 1960s mod fashion and 1990s rave culture. In nature, lime green appears in new spring foliage, signaling the first stages of growth after winter dormancy.

Design & Usage Tips

Lime green projects youthful energy and works well for sports, fitness, and tech brands targeting younger demographics. It pairs effectively with dark purple or navy for bold complementary schemes, or with white for a fresh, clean look. Use lime sparingly as an accent—it can overwhelm when used as a dominant color.

Sitting on the cool side of the spectrum (hue 82°), it promotes a feeling of calm distance and intellectual clarity, which is why cool hues dominate corporate identities, healthcare design, and productivity tools. At 30% saturation, the color has a muted, sophisticated quality that pairs well with bolder accents. It works as a background, a border, or a secondary element in layered compositions.

Psychological Impact

Lime stimulates vitality, freshness, and excitement. It sits at the boundary of yellow's optimism and green's natural calm, creating a unique sense of dynamic growth. Lime is particularly effective in contexts where energy and eco-consciousness intersect.

With a mid-range lightness of 50%, this tone is highly versatile: dark enough to serve as body text on white, yet light enough to stand out on charcoal or navy backgrounds.

Creative Design Ideas

Use lime as a highlight color for progress bars, success states, and achievement badges in gamified interfaces. Combine lime with matte black for an electric, high-tech brand identity. In packaging, lime accents on white suggest organic freshness—ideal for health drinks and snack brands.

Every format

#89A558 Color Conversions

Every way to write Rosemarried — one-tap copy on every format; tap on any card to learn what it is and when to use it.

12 formats
HEX Web
#89A558

Hexadecimal is the web’s universal color notation — two digits each for red, green and blue. Drop it straight into HTML, CSS or any design tool.

RGB Screen
rgb(137, 165, 88)

RGB is the additive Red-Green-Blue model every screen uses to emit light. The default choice for websites, apps and on-screen UI.

HSL Web
hsl(82, 30%, 50%)

HSL breaks a color into Hue, Saturation and Lightness — the most intuitive way to lighten, darken or mute a color in CSS.

HSV HSB Design
hsv(82, 47%, 65%)

HSV (also called HSB) maps Hue, Saturation and Value/Brightness. It is the model behind the color pickers in Photoshop, Figma and most design apps.

HWB CSS 4
hwb(82 35% 35%)

HWB blends a pure hue with Whiteness and Blackness — a painter-friendly model added in CSS Color 4 for quick tints and shades.

CMYK Print
cmyk(17%, 0%, 47%, 35%)

CMYK is the subtractive Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black ink model. Use these values when preparing artwork for a printer or commercial press.

OKLCH Modern
oklch(68.27% 0.108 125.55)

OKLCH is a modern, perceptually-uniform space (Lightness, Chroma, Hue). It powers smooth gradients and accessible palettes in today’s CSS.

OKLab Modern
oklab(68.27% -0.063 0.088)

OKLab is the Cartesian form of OKLCH — ideal for blending and interpolating colors without the muddy midpoints older spaces produce.

CIELAB L*a*b* Perceptual
L: 64.11, a: -22.67, b: 36.59

CIELAB is a device-independent, perceptually-uniform space. It is the standard for measuring color difference (ΔE) and matching across devices.

LCH Perceptual
L: 64.11, C: 43.04, H: 121.78

LCH is CIELAB in cylindrical form — Lightness, Chroma and Hue — letting you adjust vividness and hue while staying perceptually even.

XYZ CIE Science
X: 25.53, Y: 32.93, Z: 14.24

CIE XYZ is the 1931 master space that underpins every other model here — the scientific bridge used to convert between color systems.

Decimal int Code
9020760

The 24-bit integer value of the color — handy for databases, APIs, game engines and low-level graphics code.

Channel breakdown

RGB Color Percentages for #89A558

How much red, green and blue light mixes into Rosemarried.

Red 137/255 35.1% Green 165/255 42.3% Blue 88/255 22.6%

Percentages show each channel's share of the total light (R + G + B) in Rosemarried.

Ink coverage

CMYK Ink Levels & Print Guide for #89A558

Ink needed to reproduce Rosemarried in four-color print. Heaviest ink: Yellow.

17% CYAN 0% MAGENTA 47% YELLOW 35% KEY

Print tip: treat these values as a starting point — final output depends on printer profile, paper stock and calibration.

Accessibility · WCAG

Luminance & Contrast for #89A558

How bright Rosemarried is, and how far black and white text clear each WCAG bar.

Relative luminance 0.329
0 · dark1 · light

Contrast ratio · 1:1 → 21:1 (log scale)

Aa Black text 7.59:1 ✓ AA ✓ AAA ✓ Large
Aa White text 2.77:1 ✕ AA ✕ AAA ✕ Large

Developer shortcuts

Quick CSS Snippets for #89A558

Copy-and-paste CSS for Rosemarried — per-line copy, or grab the whole block.

rosemarried.css
background-color: #89A558;
color: #89A558;
border: 2px solid #89A558;
background-color: rgb(137, 165, 88);
background-color: hsl(82, 30%, 50%);
--color: #89A558;

Shades · light to dark

#89A558 Monochrome Palette

Lighter and darker steps of Rosemarried — the color's full brightness range in one strip.

#F3F6EE
#E2E9D5
#D0DBBC
#BECEA3
#ACC08A
#9BB371
#89A558
#748C4B
#60733E
#4B5B30
#374223
#222916
#0E1109

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Harmony · 180° apart

#89A558 Complementary Palette

Two colors opposite on the wheel — maximum contrast for attention-grabbing accents.

#89A558
#7559A6

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Harmony · adjacent hues

#89A558 Analogic Palette

Neighboring hues on the wheel — harmonious, calm combinations that feel unified.

#89A558
#63A659
#A69C59
#59A675
#A67559
#59A69C
#A65963

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Harmony · 120° apart

#89A558 Triadic Palette

Three colors evenly spaced on the wheel — vibrant and energetic, yet balanced.

#89A558
#598AA6
#A6598A

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Harmony · 90° apart

#89A558 Quad Palette

Four colors evenly spaced on the wheel (tetradic) — rich schemes with multiple accents.

#89A558
#59A69C
#7559A6
#A65963

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Accessibility

Color Blindness Simulation for #89A558

How Rosemarried reads across five kinds of color vision — a ✓ Friendly verdict means the color difference stays distinguishable for that vision type.

#89A558
#93916F
#95956B
#8A797D
#999999
Normal vision full color Deuteranopia green weakness ✓ Friendly Protanopia red weakness ✓ Friendly Tritanopia blue-yellow weakness ✕ Not friendly Achromatopsia total color blindness ✕ Not friendly

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Harmony overview

Color Harmonies for #89A558

The lead color from each harmony scheme, side by side — a shortcut to the full palettes above.

#7559A6
#63A659
#598AA6
#59A69C
Complementary opposite hue Analogous adjacent hue Triadic 120° apart Tetradic (Quad) 90° apart

Perceptually nearby

#89A558 Nearby Colors

A step away in brightness, richness or shade — each still feels like the same color.

Around the Gills#99BB66
Mossy Glossy#779944
Fiddle-Leaf Fig#AACC77
Hidden Paradise#668833
Lime It or Leave It#88AA44
Green Tea Mochi#88AA66
Ferntastic#77AA66
Springtide Melodies#99AA55

From the color-name library

Colors Similar to #89A558

The closest named colors to #89A558 — same mood, each with its own character.

Rosemarried#819B4F
Lime It or Leave It#8CA94A
Frankenstein#7BA05B
Gallant Green#99AA66
Mossy Glossy#789B4A
Green Tea Mochi#90A96E
Kiwi#749E4E
Springtide Melodies#9AA955
Buckingham Gardens#89A068
Asparagus#77AB56
Vitality#8F9B5B
Broccoli#87B364

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Inspiration

Explore Vibrant Images Featuring Rosemarried (#89a558)

Curated Unsplash photos that carry the mood of Rosemarried — hover any tile to download it or view the original.

Good to know

Frequently Asked Questions about #89A558

#89A558 is a cool color from the Lime family. Its closest matched name is “Rosemarried”, matched perceptually with the CIEDE2000 color-difference formula. In RGB it is rgb(137, 165, 88); in HSL, hsl(82, 30%, 50%).
In RGB, #89A558 is rgb(137, 165, 88); in HSL it is hsl(82, 30%, 50%); and in CMYK — the model used for print — it is cmyk(17%, 0%, 47%, 35%).
#89A558 has a contrast ratio of 7.59:1 against black and 2.77:1 against white. For readability, black body text meets the WCAG AA threshold of 4.5:1 on it, while white does not.
The direct complement of #89A558 is #7559A6 (opposite on the color wheel). For ready-made combinations, this page includes monochrome, analogous, triadic and tetradic palettes built from #89A558 in the palette sections above.