#228C42#228C42

#228C42 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.145 H 148.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228C42
RGB	rgb(34, 140, 66)
HSL	hsl(138, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(138, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 0%, 52.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.25, -46.07, 31.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.25, 55.55, 146.03°)
OKLab	oklab(56.43% -0.1239 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(56.43% 0.145 148.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.0203, 19.4883, 8.3340)
Luminance	0.1949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228C42 #8C226C

analogous

#378C22 #228C42 #228C77

triadic

#228C42 #42228C #8C4222

tetradic

#228C42 #22378C #8C226C #8C7722

square

#228C42 #22378C #8C226C #8C7722

split-complementary

#228C42 #77228C #8C2237

monochromatic

#0A2A14 #165B2B #228C42 #2EBD59 #53D57A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#228C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#228C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228C42

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228C42	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)

#8D7F3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00897B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 140, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.145 148.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eaf78',
    500: '#228c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228c42;
$custom-light: #6eaf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 138.113,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56432,
    "c": 0.14484,
    "h": 148.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228C42

secondary

#B9519A

accent

#44B4E4

background

#F7FAF7

surface

#EDF5ED

border

#C8CFC8

text

#081009

muted

#7B7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #228C42

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

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