#229E55#229E55

#229E55 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.151 H 151.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229E55
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 85)
HSL	hsl(145, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(145, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 46.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.51, -49.53, 28.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.51, 57.36, 149.72°)
OKLab	oklab(61.7% -0.1331 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(61.7% 0.151 151.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.5249, 25.4479, 12.7390)
Luminance	0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229E55 #9E226B

analogous

#2D9E22 #229E55 #229E93

triadic

#229E55 #55229E #9E5522

tetradic

#229E55 #222D9E #9E226B #9E9322

square

#229E55 #222D9E #9E226B #9E9322

split-complementary

#229E55 #93229E #9E222D

monochromatic

#0C391F #176C3A #229E55 #2DD070 #5EDC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#229E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#229E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E55

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229E55	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E904F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90865A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.151 151.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bc86',
    500: '#229e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229e55;
$custom-light: #72bc86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144.677,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61697,
    "c": 0.1509,
    "h": 151.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229E55

secondary

#C15B97

accent

#40A3E8

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF6EF

border

#C8D0CA

text

#09120B

muted

#7B817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E55

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

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