#228C40#228C40

#228C40 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.147 H 148.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228C40
RGB	rgb(34, 140, 64)
HSL	hsl(137, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(137, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 0%, 54.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.23, -46.39, 32.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.23, 56.38, 145.37°)
OKLab	oklab(56.4% -0.1248 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(56.4% 0.147 148.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.9623, 19.4651, 8.0289)
Luminance	0.1947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228C40 #8C226E

analogous

#398C22 #228C40 #228C75

triadic

#228C40 #40228C #8C4022

tetradic

#228C40 #22398C #8C226E #8C7522

square

#228C40 #22398C #8C226E #8C7522

split-complementary

#228C40 #75228C #8C2239

monochromatic

#0A2A13 #165B29 #228C40 #2EBD57 #53D578

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#228C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#228C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228C40

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228C40	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7F39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00897B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 140, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.147 148.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eaf77',
    500: '#228c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228c40;
$custom-light: #6eaf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 136.981,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56402,
    "c": 0.14668,
    "h": 148.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228C40

secondary

#B9519B

accent

#44B7E4

background

#F7FAF7

surface

#EDF5ED

border

#C8CFC8

text

#081009

muted

#7B7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #228C40

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

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