#228B27#228B27

#228B27 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.166 H 143.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B27
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 39)
HSL	hsl(123, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(123, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 71.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.63, -49.14, 43.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.63, 65.35, 138.76°)
OKLab	oklab(55.82% -0.1331 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(55.82% 0.166 143.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.2579, 18.9506, 5.0363)
Luminance	0.1895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B27 #8B2286

analogous

#528B22 #228B27 #228B5C

triadic

#228B27 #27228B #8B2722

tetradic

#228B27 #22528B #8B2286 #8B5C22

square

#228B27 #22528B #8B2286 #8B5C22

split-complementary

#228B27 #5C228B #8B2252

monochromatic

#0A290B #165A19 #228B27 #2EBC35 #53D559

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#228B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#228B27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B27

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B27	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7D18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008777

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.166 143.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fae67',
    500: '#228b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b27;
$custom-light: #6fae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 122.857,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55822,
    "c": 0.1656,
    "h": 143.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B27

secondary

#B850B4

accent

#44DCE4

background

#F7FAF6

surface

#EDF4EB

border

#C8CEC6

text

#081006

muted

#7B7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B27

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

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