#228F42#228F42

#228F42 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.149 H 148.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228F42
RGB	rgb(34, 143, 66)
HSL	hsl(138, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(138, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 0%, 53.8%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.26, -47.18, 32.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.26, 57.16, 145.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.27% -0.1269 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(57.27% 0.149 148.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.4646, 20.3770, 8.4821)
Luminance	0.2038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228F42 #8F226F

analogous

#388F22 #228F42 #228F79

triadic

#228F42 #42228F #8F4222

tetradic

#228F42 #22388F #8F226F #8F7922

square

#228F42 #22388F #8F226F #8F7922

split-complementary

#228F42 #79228F #8F2238

monochromatic

#0A2C14 #165E2B #228F42 #2EC059 #55D77B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#228F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#228F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228F42

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228F42	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90823B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 143, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.149 148.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb178',
    500: '#228f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228f42;
$custom-light: #6fb178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.615,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57266,
    "c": 0.14881,
    "h": 148.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228F42

secondary

#BA529C

accent

#43B5E5

background

#F7FBF7

surface

#EDF6ED

border

#C8D0C8

text

#081109

muted

#7B807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #228F42

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

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