#228E21#228E21

#228E21 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.173 H 142.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E21
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 33)
HSL	hsl(119, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(119, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 76.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.60, -50.68, 46.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.60, 68.71, 137.52°)
OKLab	oklab(56.62% -0.1376 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(56.62% 0.173 142.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.6066, 19.7947, 4.7003)
Luminance	0.1980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E21 #8D218E

analogous

#588E21 #228E21 #218E57

triadic

#228E21 #21228E #8E2122

tetradic

#228E21 #21588E #8D218E #8E5721

square

#228E21 #21588E #8D218E #8E5721

split-complementary

#228E21 #57218E #8E2158

monochromatic

#0A2B0A #165C15 #228E21 #2EC02D #54D752

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#228E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#228E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E21

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E21	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	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)

#91800A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85782D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.173 142.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b064',
    500: '#228e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e21;
$custom-light: #70b064;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 119.45,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56618,
    "c": 0.17283,
    "h": 142.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E21

secondary

#B950BA

accent

#42E5E4

background

#F7FBF6

surface

#EDF6EB

border

#C8D0C6

text

#091106

muted

#7B807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E21

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

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