#228B28#228B28

#228B28 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.165 H 143.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B28
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 40)
HSL	hsl(123, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(123, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 71.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.64, -49.05, 42.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.64, 65.02, 138.97°)
OKLab	oklab(55.83% -0.1328 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(55.83% 0.165 143.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.2746, 18.9573, 5.1247)
Luminance	0.1896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B28 #8B2285

analogous

#518B22 #228B28 #228B5D

triadic

#228B28 #28228B #8B2822

tetradic

#228B28 #22518B #8B2285 #8B5D22

square

#228B28 #22518B #8B2285 #8B5D22

split-complementary

#228B28 #5D228B #8B2251

monochromatic

#0A290C #165A1A #228B28 #2EBC36 #53D55A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#228B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#228B28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B28

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B28	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)

#8E7E19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008777

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.165 143.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fae68',
    500: '#228b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b28;
$custom-light: #6fae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 123.429,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55831,
    "c": 0.16493,
    "h": 143.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B28

secondary

#B850B3

accent

#44DBE4

background

#F7FAF6

surface

#EDF4EB

border

#C8CEC6

text

#081006

muted

#7B7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B28

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

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