#228E56#228E56

#228E56 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.128 H 155.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E56
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 86)
HSL	hsl(149, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(149, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 39.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.24, -43.22, 21.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.24, 48.27, 153.55°)
OKLab	oklab(57.35% -0.1166 0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(57.35% 0.128 155.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.0113, 20.3566, 12.0985)
Luminance	0.2036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E56 #8E225A

analogous

#248E22 #228E56 #228E8C

triadic

#228E56 #56228E #8E5622

tetradic

#228E56 #22248E #8E225A #8E8C22

square

#228E56 #22248E #8E225A #8E8C22

split-complementary

#228E56 #8C228E #8E2224

monochromatic

#0A2B1A #165D38 #228E56 #2EBF74 #54D693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#228E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#228E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E56

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E56	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)

#8D8252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80795A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.128 155.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eb086',
    500: '#228e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e56;
$custom-light: #6eb086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.889,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57349,
    "c": 0.12841,
    "h": 155.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E56

secondary

#BA5288

accent

#4397E4

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5EF

border

#C8CFCA

text

#08110B

muted

#7B807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E56

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

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