#228E38#228E38

#228E38 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.156 H 146.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E38
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 56)
HSL	hsl(132, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(132, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 60.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.80, -48.26, 36.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.80, 60.65, 142.72°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% -0.13 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.156 146.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.0457, 19.9703, 7.0131)
Luminance	0.1997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#228E38 #8E2278

analogous

#428E22 #228E38 #228E6E

triadic

#228E38 #38228E #8E3822

tetradic

#228E38 #22428E #8E2278 #8E6E22

square

#228E38 #22428E #8E2278 #8E6E22

split-complementary

#228E38 #6E228E #8E2242

monochromatic

#0A2B11 #165D25 #228E38 #2EBF4B #54D66F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#228E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#228E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E38

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E38	1.00	4.20	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90812F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84783F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.156 146.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb071',
    500: '#228e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e38;
$custom-light: #6fb071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132.222,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56848,
    "c": 0.15633,
    "h": 146.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E38

secondary

#BA52A5

accent

#43C4E4

background

#F7FAF7

surface

#EDF5ED

border

#C8CFC8

text

#081108

muted

#7B807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E38

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

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