#228B2A#228B2A

#228B2A is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.164 H 143.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B2A
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 42)
HSL	hsl(125, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(125, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 69.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.65, -48.85, 41.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.65, 64.33, 139.41°)
OKLab	oklab(55.85% -0.1322 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(55.85% 0.164 143.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.3096, 18.9713, 5.3085)
Luminance	0.1897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B2A #8B2283

analogous

#4F8B22 #228B2A #228B5F

triadic

#228B2A #2A228B #8B2A22

tetradic

#228B2A #224F8B #8B2283 #8B5F22

square

#228B2A #224F8B #8B2283 #8B5F22

split-complementary

#228B2A #5F228B #8B224F

monochromatic

#0A290C #165A1B #228B2A #2EBC39 #53D55C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#228B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#228B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B2A

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B2A	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)

#8E7E1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008777

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.164 143.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fae69',
    500: '#228b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b2a;
$custom-light: #6fae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 124.571,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5585,
    "c": 0.16353,
    "h": 143.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B2A

secondary

#B850B1

accent

#44D8E4

background

#F7FAF6

surface

#EDF4EB

border

#C8CEC6

text

#081006

muted

#7B7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B2A

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

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