#238B42#238B42

#238B42 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.143 H 148.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B42
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 66)
HSL	hsl(138, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(138, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 52.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.94, -45.54, 30.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.94, 54.90, 146.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.18% -0.1225 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(56.18% 0.143 148.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.9083, 19.2147, 8.2871)
Luminance	0.1922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B42 #8B236C

analogous

#388B23 #238B42 #238B76

triadic

#238B42 #42238B #8B4223

tetradic

#238B42 #23388B #8B236C #8B7623

square

#238B42 #23388B #8B236C #8B7623

split-complementary

#238B42 #76238B #8B2338

monochromatic

#0A2914 #175A2B #238B42 #2FBC59 #54D47A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#238B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#238B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B42

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B42	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)

#8C7E3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00887A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.143 148.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae78',
    500: '#238b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b42;
$custom-light: #6eae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.885,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56176,
    "c": 0.14319,
    "h": 148.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B42

secondary

#B8529A

accent

#45B4E3

background

#F7FAF7

surface

#EDF4ED

border

#C8CEC8

text

#081009

muted

#7B7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B42

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

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