#228B40#228B40

#228B40 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.145 H 148.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B40
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 64)
HSL	hsl(137, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(137, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 54%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.89, -46.02, 31.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.89, 55.84, 145.50°)
OKLab	oklab(56.12% -0.1238 0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(56.12% 0.145 148.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.8169, 19.1742, 7.9804)
Luminance	0.1918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B40 #8B226D

analogous

#398B22 #228B40 #228B75

triadic

#228B40 #40228B #8B4022

tetradic

#228B40 #22398B #8B226D #8B7522

square

#228B40 #22398B #8B226D #8B7522

split-complementary

#228B40 #75228B #8B2239

monochromatic

#0A2913 #165A29 #228B40 #2EBC57 #53D578

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#228B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#228B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B40

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B40	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7E39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00887A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.145 148.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae76',
    500: '#228b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b40;
$custom-light: #6eae76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.143,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56123,
    "c": 0.14536,
    "h": 148.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B40

secondary

#B8509B

accent

#44B6E4

background

#F7FAF7

surface

#EDF4ED

border

#C8CEC8

text

#081009

muted

#7B7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B40

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

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