#238A42#238A42

#238A42 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.142 H 148.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238A42
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(138, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(138, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 0%, 52.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.60, -45.17, 30.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.60, 54.35, 146.20°)
OKLab	oklab(55.9% -0.1215 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(55.9% 0.142 148.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.7641, 18.9264, 8.2391)
Luminance	0.1893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238A42 #8A236B

analogous

#388A23 #238A42 #238A76

triadic

#238A42 #42238A #8A4223

tetradic

#238A42 #23388A #8A236B #8A7623

square

#238A42 #23388A #8A236B #8A7623

split-complementary

#238A42 #76238A #8A2338

monochromatic

#0A2813 #17592B #238A42 #2FBB59 #54D47A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#238A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#238A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238A42

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238A42	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7E3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.142 148.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ead78',
    500: '#238a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238a42;
$custom-light: #6ead78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 138.058,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55898,
    "c": 0.14184,
    "h": 148.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238A42

secondary

#B75199

accent

#45B3E3

background

#F7FAF7

surface

#EDF4ED

border

#C8CEC8

text

#081009

muted

#7B7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #238A42

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

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