#238B21#238B21

#238B21 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.169 H 142.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B21
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 33)
HSL	hsl(119, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(119, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 76.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.61, -49.49, 45.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.61, 67.17, 137.46°)
OKLab	oklab(55.79% -0.1345 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(55.79% 0.169 142.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.1997, 18.9312, 4.5551)
Luminance	0.1893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B21 #89218B

analogous

#588B21 #238B21 #218B54

triadic

#238B21 #21238B #8B2123

tetradic

#238B21 #21588B #89218B #8B5421

square

#238B21 #21588B #89218B #8B5421

split-complementary

#238B21 #54218B #8B2158

monochromatic

#0A280A #175A15 #238B21 #2FBC2D #53D651

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#238B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#238B21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B21

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B21	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)

#8E7D0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82752C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008777

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.169 142.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ae64',
    500: '#238b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b21;
$custom-light: #70ae64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 118.868,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55795,
    "c": 0.16907,
    "h": 142.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B21

secondary

#B74FB9

accent

#43E5E2

background

#F7FAF6

surface

#EDF4EB

border

#C8CEC6

text

#091006

muted

#7B7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B21

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

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