#228E55#228E55

#228E55 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.129 H 154.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E55
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 85)
HSL	hsl(148, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(148, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 40.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.22, -43.42, 22.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.22, 48.69, 153.10°)
OKLab	oklab(57.33% -0.1171 0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(57.33% 0.129 154.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9713, 20.3406, 11.8878)
Luminance	0.2034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E55 #8E225B

analogous

#258E22 #228E55 #228E8B

triadic

#228E55 #55228E #8E5522

tetradic

#228E55 #22258E #8E225B #8E8B22

square

#228E55 #22258E #8E225B #8E8B22

split-complementary

#228E55 #8B228E #8E2225

monochromatic

#0A2B1A #165D37 #228E55 #2EBF73 #54D692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#228E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#228E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E55

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E55	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.129 154.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eb085',
    500: '#228e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e55;
$custom-light: #6eb085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.333,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57328,
    "c": 0.12937,
    "h": 154.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E55

secondary

#BA5289

accent

#4398E4

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5EF

border

#C8CFCA

text

#08110B

muted

#7B807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E55

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

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