#228B2E#228B2E

#228B2E is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.161 H 144.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B2E
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 46)
HSL	hsl(127, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(127, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 66.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.69, -48.42, 40.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.69, 62.90, 140.34°)
OKLab	oklab(55.89% -0.1309 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(55.89% 0.161 144.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.3848, 19.0014, 5.7046)
Luminance	0.1900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B2E #8B227F

analogous

#4B8B22 #228B2E #228B63

triadic

#228B2E #2E228B #8B2E22

tetradic

#228B2E #224B8B #8B227F #8B6322

square

#228B2E #224B8B #8B227F #8B6322

split-complementary

#228B2E #63228B #8B224B

monochromatic

#0A290D #165A1E #228B2E #2EBC3E #53D561

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#228B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#228B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B2E

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B2E	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	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)

#8E7E22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.161 144.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fae6b',
    500: '#228b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b2e;
$custom-light: #6fae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 126.857,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55891,
    "c": 0.16061,
    "h": 144.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B2E

secondary

#B850AD

accent

#44D2E4

background

#F7FAF6

surface

#EDF4EB

border

#C8CEC6

text

#081007

muted

#7B7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B2E

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

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