#228E50#228E50

#228E50 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.134 H 152.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E50
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 80)
HSL	hsl(146, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(146, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 43.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.13, -44.39, 24.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.13, 50.79, 150.94°)
OKLab	oklab(57.23% -0.1195 0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(57.23% 0.134 152.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7796, 20.2639, 10.8784)
Luminance	0.2026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E50 #8E2260

analogous

#2A8E22 #228E50 #228E86

triadic

#228E50 #50228E #8E5022

tetradic

#228E50 #222A8E #8E2260 #8E8622

square

#228E50 #222A8E #8E2260 #8E8622

split-complementary

#228E50 #86228E #8E222A

monochromatic

#0A2B18 #165D34 #228E50 #2EBF6C #54D68C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#228E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#228E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E50

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E50	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E824C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.134 152.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eb082',
    500: '#228e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e50;
$custom-light: #6eb082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 145.556,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57229,
    "c": 0.1342,
    "h": 152.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E50

secondary

#BA528E

accent

#43A0E4

background

#F7FAF7

surface

#EDF5EE

border

#C8CFC9

text

#08110A

muted

#7B807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E50

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

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