#228E57#228E57

#228E57 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.127 H 155.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E57
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 87)
HSL	hsl(149, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(149, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 38.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.26, -43.01, 20.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.26, 47.85, 154.01°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% -0.1161 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.127 155.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.0518, 20.3728, 12.3122)
Luminance	0.2037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E57 #8E2259

analogous

#238E22 #228E57 #228E8D

triadic

#228E57 #57228E #8E5722

tetradic

#228E57 #22238E #8E2259 #8E8D22

square

#228E57 #22238E #8E2259 #8E8D22

split-complementary

#228E57 #8D228E #8E2223

monochromatic

#0A2B1A #165D39 #228E57 #2EBF75 #54D694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#228E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#228E57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E57

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E57	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)

#8D8253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80795B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.127 155.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eb087',
    500: '#228e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e57;
$custom-light: #6eb087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149.444,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57369,
    "c": 0.12745,
    "h": 155.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E57

secondary

#BA5287

accent

#4395E4

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5EF

border

#C8CFCA

text

#08110B

muted

#7B807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E57

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

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