#228B1B#228B1B

#228B1B is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.173 H 142.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B1B
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 27)
HSL	hsl(116, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(116, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.55, -50.11, 47.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.55, 69.00, 136.57°)
OKLab	oklab(55.73% -0.1364 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(55.73% 0.173 142.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.0895, 18.8833, 4.1498)
Luminance	0.1888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B1B #841B8B

analogous

#5A8B1B #228B1B #1B8B4C

triadic

#228B1B #1B228B #8B1B22

tetradic

#228B1B #1B5A8B #841B8B #8B4C1B

square

#228B1B #1B5A8B #841B8B #8B4C1B

split-complementary

#228B1B #4C1B8B #8B1B5A

monochromatic

#092507 #155811 #228B1B #2FBE25 #4FDB45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#228B1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#228B1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B1B

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B1B	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	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)

#8E7D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008776

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.173 142.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ae61',
    500: '#228b1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b1b;
$custom-light: #70ae61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 116.25,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55731,
    "c": 0.17264,
    "h": 142.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B1B

secondary

#B545BC

accent

#3DEAE0

background

#F7FAF6

surface

#EDF4EB

border

#C8CEC6

text

#091005

muted

#7B7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B1B

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

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