#228B50#228B50

#228B50 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.130 H 153.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B50
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 80)
HSL	hsl(146, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(146, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 42.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.13, -43.22, 23.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.13, 49.13, 151.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.4% -0.1164 0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(56.4% 0.13 153.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.3392, 19.3832, 10.7316)
Luminance	0.1938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B50 #8B225D

analogous

#288B22 #228B50 #228B85

triadic

#228B50 #50228B #8B5022

tetradic

#228B50 #22288B #8B225D #8B8522

square

#228B50 #22288B #8B225D #8B8522

split-complementary

#228B50 #85228B #8B2228

monochromatic

#0A2917 #165A34 #228B50 #2EBC6C #53D58C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#228B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#228B50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B50

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B50	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7F4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00897C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.130 153.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae82',
    500: '#228b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b50;
$custom-light: #6eae82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 146.286,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56402,
    "c": 0.13008,
    "h": 153.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B50

secondary

#B8508B

accent

#449EE4

background

#F7FAF7

surface

#EDF4EE

border

#C8CEC9

text

#08100A

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B50

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

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