#228B2B#228B2B

#228B2B is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.163 H 144.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B2B
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 43)
HSL	hsl(125, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(125, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 69.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.66, -48.74, 41.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.66, 63.98, 139.63°)
OKLab	oklab(55.86% -0.1319 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(55.86% 0.163 144.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.3277, 18.9786, 5.4040)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B2B #8B2282

analogous

#4E8B22 #228B2B #228B60

triadic

#228B2B #2B228B #8B2B22

tetradic

#228B2B #224E8B #8B2282 #8B6022

square

#228B2B #224E8B #8B2282 #8B6022

split-complementary

#228B2B #60228B #8B224E

monochromatic

#0A290D #165A1C #228B2B #2EBC3A #53D55E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#228B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#228B2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B2B

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B2B	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7E1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008777

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.163 144.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fae69',
    500: '#228b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b2b;
$custom-light: #6fae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 125.143,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5586,
    "c": 0.16282,
    "h": 144.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B2B

secondary

#B850B0

accent

#44D6E4

background

#F7FAF6

surface

#EDF4EB

border

#C8CEC6

text

#081007

muted

#7B7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B2B

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

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