#228B56#228B56

#228B56 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.124 H 156.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B56
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 86)
HSL	hsl(150, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(150, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 38.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.24, -42.02, 20.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.24, 46.61, 154.36°)
OKLab	oklab(56.53% -0.1135 0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(56.53% 0.124 156)
XYZ	xyz(11.5709, 19.4759, 11.9517)
Luminance	0.1948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B56 #8B2257

analogous

#238B22 #228B56 #228B8B

triadic

#228B56 #56228B #8B5622

tetradic

#228B56 #22238B #8B2257 #8B8B22

square

#228B56 #22238B #8B2257 #8B8B22

split-complementary

#228B56 #8B228B #8B2223

monochromatic

#0A2919 #165A38 #228B56 #2EBC74 #53D593

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#228B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#228B56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B56

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B56	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.124 156.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae86',
    500: '#228b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b56;
$custom-light: #6eae86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149.714,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56525,
    "c": 0.12428,
    "h": 156
  },
  "luminance": 0.19477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B56

secondary

#B85085

accent

#4495E4

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4EF

border

#C8CECA

text

#08100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B56

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

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