#228B38#228B38

#228B38 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.152 H 146.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B38
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 56)
HSL	hsl(133, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(133, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 59.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.79, -47.18, 35.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.79, 59.08, 143.00°)
OKLab	oklab(56.01% -0.1271 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(56.01% 0.153 146.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.6053, 19.0896, 6.8664)
Luminance	0.1909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B38 #8B2275

analogous

#418B22 #228B38 #228B6D

triadic

#228B38 #38228B #8B3822

tetradic

#228B38 #22418B #8B2275 #8B6D22

square

#228B38 #22418B #8B2275 #8B6D22

split-complementary

#228B38 #6D228B #8B2241

monochromatic

#0A2910 #165A24 #228B38 #2EBC4C #53D56E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#228B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#228B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B38

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B38	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7E30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81763F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.152 146.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae71',
    500: '#228b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b38;
$custom-light: #6eae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132.571,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56009,
    "c": 0.1525,
    "h": 146.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B38

secondary

#B850A3

accent

#44C2E4

background

#F7FAF6

surface

#EDF4EC

border

#C8CEC7

text

#081008

muted

#7B7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B38

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

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