#228D42#228D42

#228D42 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.146 H 148.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228D42
RGB	rgb(34, 141, 66)
HSL	hsl(138, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(138, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 0%, 53.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.59, -46.45, 31.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.59, 56.09, 145.90°)
OKLab	oklab(56.71% -0.1249 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(56.71% 0.146 148.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.1670, 19.7819, 8.3830)
Luminance	0.1978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228D42 #8D226D

analogous

#388D22 #228D42 #228D78

triadic

#228D42 #42228D #8D4222

tetradic

#228D42 #22388D #8D226D #8D7822

square

#228D42 #22388D #8D226D #8D7822

split-complementary

#228D42 #78228D #8D2238

monochromatic

#0A2A14 #165C2B #228D42 #2EBE59 #54D67B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#228D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#228D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228D42

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228D42	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E803B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 141, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.146 148.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eaf78',
    500: '#228d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228d42;
$custom-light: #6eaf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.944,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5671,
    "c": 0.14616,
    "h": 148.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228D42

secondary

#B9519A

accent

#44B4E4

background

#F7FAF7

surface

#EDF5ED

border

#C8CFC8

text

#081009

muted

#7B7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #228D42

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

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