#228A42#228A42

#228A42 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.142 H 149.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228A42
RGB	rgb(34, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(138, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(138, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 52.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.58, -45.33, 30.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.58, 54.47, 146.32°)
OKLab	oklab(55.88% -0.1219 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(55.88% 0.142 149.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.7307, 18.9092, 8.2375)
Luminance	0.1891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228A42 #8A226A

analogous

#368A22 #228A42 #228A76

triadic

#228A42 #42228A #8A4222

tetradic

#228A42 #22368A #8A226A #8A7622

square

#228A42 #22368A #8A226A #8A7622

split-complementary

#228A42 #76228A #8A2236

monochromatic

#0A2813 #16592B #228A42 #2EBB59 #52D47A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#228A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#228A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228A42

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228A42	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7E3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.142 149.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ead78',
    500: '#228a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228a42;
$custom-light: #6ead78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 138.462,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55875,
    "c": 0.14216,
    "h": 149.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228A42

secondary

#B85098

accent

#44B3E4

background

#F7FAF7

surface

#EDF4ED

border

#C8CEC8

text

#081009

muted

#7B7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #228A42

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

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