#228E42#228E42

#228E42 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.147 H 148.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E42
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 66)
HSL	hsl(138, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(138, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 53.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.93, -46.81, 31.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.93, 56.63, 145.76°)
OKLab	oklab(56.99% -0.1259 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(56.99% 0.147 148.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.3152, 20.0781, 8.4323)
Luminance	0.2008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E42 #8E226E

analogous

#388E22 #228E42 #228E78

triadic

#228E42 #42228E #8E4222

tetradic

#228E42 #22388E #8E226E #8E7822

square

#228E42 #22388E #8E226E #8E7822

split-complementary

#228E42 #78228E #8E2238

monochromatic

#0A2B14 #165D2B #228E42 #2EBF59 #54D67B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#228E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#228E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E42

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E42	1.00	4.19	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F813B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.147 148.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb078',
    500: '#228e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e42;
$custom-light: #6fb078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.778,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56988,
    "c": 0.14749,
    "h": 148.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E42

secondary

#BA529B

accent

#43B5E4

background

#F7FAF7

surface

#EDF5ED

border

#C8CFC8

text

#081109

muted

#7B807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E42

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

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