#228E2B#228E2B

#228E2B is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.166 H 144.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E2B
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 43)
HSL	hsl(125, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(125, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 69.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.68, -49.78, 42.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.68, 65.47, 139.49°)
OKLab	oklab(56.7% -0.1347 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(56.7% 0.166 144)
XYZ	xyz(10.7680, 19.8593, 5.5508)
Luminance	0.1986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E2B #8E2285

analogous

#4F8E22 #228E2B #228E61

triadic

#228E2B #2B228E #8E2B22

tetradic

#228E2B #224F8E #8E2285 #8E6122

square

#228E2B #224F8E #8E2285 #8E6122

split-complementary

#228E2B #61228E #8E224F

monochromatic

#0A2B0D #165D1C #228E2B #2EBF3A #54D65F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#228E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#228E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E2B

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E2B	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91801D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.166 144.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b06a',
    500: '#228e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e2b;
$custom-light: #70b06a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 125,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56703,
    "c": 0.16644,
    "h": 144
  },
  "luminance": 0.19861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E2B

secondary

#BA52B1

accent

#43D7E4

background

#F7FBF6

surface

#EDF6EB

border

#C8D0C6

text

#091107

muted

#7B807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E2B

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

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