#228B2C#228B2C

#228B2C is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.162 H 144.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B2C
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 44)
HSL	hsl(126, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(126, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 68.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.67, -48.64, 41.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.67, 63.62, 139.86°)
OKLab	oklab(55.87% -0.1315 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(55.87% 0.162 144.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.3462, 18.9860, 5.5018)
Luminance	0.1899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B2C #8B2281

analogous

#4D8B22 #228B2C #228B61

triadic

#228B2C #2C228B #8B2C22

tetradic

#228B2C #224D8B #8B2281 #8B6122

square

#228B2C #224D8B #8B2281 #8B6122

split-complementary

#228B2C #61228B #8B224D

monochromatic

#0A290D #165A1C #228B2C #2EBC3C #53D55F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#228B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#228B2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B2C

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B2C	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)

#8E7E1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.162 144.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fae6a',
    500: '#228b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b2c;
$custom-light: #6fae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 125.714,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5587,
    "c": 0.16209,
    "h": 144.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B2C

secondary

#B850AF

accent

#44D5E4

background

#F7FAF6

surface

#EDF4EB

border

#C8CEC6

text

#081007

muted

#7B7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B2C

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

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