#238B22#238B22

#238B22 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.168 H 142.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B22
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 34)
HSL	hsl(119, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(119, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.61, -49.41, 45.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.61, 66.86, 137.65°)
OKLab	oklab(55.8% -0.1342 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(55.8% 0.168 142.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.2139, 18.9369, 4.6300)
Luminance	0.1894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B22 #8A228B

analogous

#588B22 #238B22 #228B56

triadic

#238B22 #22238B #8B2223

tetradic

#238B22 #22588B #8A228B #8B5622

square

#238B22 #22588B #8A228B #8B5622

split-complementary

#238B22 #56228B #8B2258

monochromatic

#0A290A #175A16 #238B22 #2FBC2E #54D553

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#238B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#238B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B22

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B22	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)

#8E7D0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82752D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008777

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.168 142.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ae64',
    500: '#238b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b22;
$custom-light: #70ae64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 119.429,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55803,
    "c": 0.16848,
    "h": 142.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B22

secondary

#B750B8

accent

#44E4E2

background

#F7FAF6

surface

#EDF4EB

border

#C8CEC6

text

#091006

muted

#7B7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B22

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

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