#228E40#228E40

#228E40 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.149 H 148.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E40
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 64)
HSL	hsl(137, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(137, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 54.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.90, -47.12, 32.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.90, 57.45, 145.11°)
OKLab	oklab(56.96% -0.1268 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(56.96% 0.149 148.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.2572, 20.0549, 8.1272)
Luminance	0.2006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E40 #8E2270

analogous

#3A8E22 #228E40 #228E76

triadic

#228E40 #40228E #8E4022

tetradic

#228E40 #223A8E #8E2270 #8E7622

square

#228E40 #223A8E #8E2270 #8E7622

split-complementary

#228E40 #76228E #8E223A

monochromatic

#0A2B13 #165D2A #228E40 #2EBF56 #54D678

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#228E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#228E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E40

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E40	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.149 148.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb077',
    500: '#228e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e40;
$custom-light: #6fb077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 136.667,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56958,
    "c": 0.14931,
    "h": 148.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E40

secondary

#BA529D

accent

#43B8E4

background

#F7FAF7

surface

#EDF5ED

border

#C8CFC8

text

#081109

muted

#7B807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E40

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

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