#238B40#238B40

#238B40 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.145 H 148.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B40
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 64)
HSL	hsl(137, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(137, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 54%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.91, -45.86, 31.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.91, 55.72, 145.38°)
OKLab	oklab(56.15% -0.1234 0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(56.15% 0.145 148.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.8503, 19.1915, 7.9820)
Luminance	0.1919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B40 #8B236E

analogous

#3A8B23 #238B40 #238B74

triadic

#238B40 #40238B #8B4023

tetradic

#238B40 #233A8B #8B236E #8B7423

square

#238B40 #233A8B #8B236E #8B7423

split-complementary

#238B40 #74238B #8B233A

monochromatic

#0A2913 #175A29 #238B40 #2FBC57 #54D478

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#238B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#238B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B40

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B40	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7E39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00887A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.145 148.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae76',
    500: '#238b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b40;
$custom-light: #6eae76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 136.731,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56145,
    "c": 0.14504,
    "h": 148.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B40

secondary

#B8529B

accent

#45B7E3

background

#F7FAF7

surface

#EDF4ED

border

#C8CEC8

text

#081009

muted

#7B7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B40

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

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