#178E38#178E38

#178E38 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.159 H 147.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#178E38
RGB	rgb(23, 142, 56)
HSL	hsl(137, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(137, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 0%, 60.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.62, -49.76, 36.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.62, 61.70, 143.76°)
OKLab	oklab(56.65% -0.1337 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(56.65% 0.159 147.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.7393, 19.8124, 6.9988)
Luminance	0.1981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#178E38 #8E176D

analogous

#318E17 #178E38 #178E74

triadic

#178E38 #38178E #8E3817

tetradic

#178E38 #17318E #8E176D #8E7417

square

#178E38 #17318E #8E176D #8E7417

split-complementary

#178E38 #74178E #8E1731

monochromatic

#06250E #0E5923 #178E38 #20C34D #3FE06C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#178E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#178E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #178E38

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##178E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##178E38	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90802F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83783F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #178e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 142, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.159 147.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6cb071',
    500: '#178e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #178e38;
$custom-light: #6cb071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#178e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 136.639,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56647,
    "c": 0.15913,
    "h": 147.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#178E38

secondary

#C0409D

accent

#39BCEF

background

#F7FBF7

surface

#EDF6ED

border

#C8D0C8

text

#081108

muted

#7B807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #178E38

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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