Forestgreen (CSS)#228B22

#228B22 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.169 H 142.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Forestgreen (CSS) — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#228B22
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 34)
HSL	hsl(120, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(120, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.59, -49.59, 45.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.59, 66.97, 137.77°)
OKLab	oklab(55.78% -0.1346 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(55.78% 0.169 142.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.1804, 18.9197, 4.6284)
Luminance	0.1892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B22 #8B228B

analogous

#578B22 #228B22 #228B57

triadic

#228B22 #22228B #8B2222

tetradic

#228B22 #22578B #8B228B #8B5722

square

#228B22 #22578B #8B228B #8B5722

split-complementary

#228B22 #57228B #8B2257

monochromatic

#0A290A #165A16 #228B22 #2EBC2E #53D553

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#228B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#228B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B22

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B22	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)

#8E7D0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82752D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008777

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.169 142.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fae64',
    500: '#228b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b22;
$custom-light: #6fae64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5578,
    "c": 0.16879,
    "h": 142.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B22

secondary

#B850B8

accent

#44E4E4

background

#F7FAF6

surface

#EDF4EB

border

#C8CEC6

text

#091006

muted

#7B7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B22

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

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