#228B42#228B42

#228B42 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.143 H 148.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B42
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 66)
HSL	hsl(138, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(138, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 52.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.92, -45.70, 30.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.92, 55.01, 146.18°)
OKLab	oklab(56.15% -0.1229 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(56.15% 0.144 148.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.8748, 19.1974, 8.2855)
Luminance	0.1920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B42 #8B226B

analogous

#378B22 #228B42 #228B77

triadic

#228B42 #42228B #8B4222

tetradic

#228B42 #22378B #8B226B #8B7722

square

#228B42 #22378B #8B226B #8B7722

split-complementary

#228B42 #77228B #8B2237

monochromatic

#0A2913 #165A2B #228B42 #2EBC59 #53D57A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#228B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#228B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B42

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B42	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)

#8C7E3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00887A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.143 148.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae78',
    500: '#228b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b42;
$custom-light: #6eae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 138.286,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56154,
    "c": 0.1435,
    "h": 148.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B42

secondary

#B85099

accent

#44B3E4

background

#F7FAF7

surface

#EDF4ED

border

#C8CEC8

text

#081009

muted

#7B7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B42

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

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