#228E22#228E22

#228E22 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.172 H 142.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E22
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 34)
HSL	hsl(120, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(120, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.61, -50.60, 46.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.61, 68.41, 137.70°)
OKLab	oklab(56.63% -0.1373 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(56.63% 0.172 142.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.6208, 19.8004, 4.7752)
Luminance	0.1980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E22 #8E228E

analogous

#588E22 #228E22 #228E58

triadic

#228E22 #22228E #8E2222

tetradic

#228E22 #22588E #8E228E #8E5822

square

#228E22 #22588E #8E228E #8E5822

split-complementary

#228E22 #58228E #8E2258

monochromatic

#0A2B0A #165D16 #228E22 #2EBF2E #54D654

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#228E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#228E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E22

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E22	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)

#91800C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85782E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.172 142.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b065',
    500: '#228e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e22;
$custom-light: #70b065;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56626,
    "c": 0.17226,
    "h": 142.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E22

secondary

#BA52BA

accent

#43E4E4

background

#F7FBF6

surface

#EDF6EB

border

#C8D0C6

text

#091106

muted

#7B807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E22

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

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