#238B4E#238B4E

#238B4E is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.132 H 152.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B4E
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 78)
HSL	hsl(145, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(145, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 43.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.12, -43.45, 24.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.12, 49.85, 150.64°)
OKLab	oklab(56.39% -0.117 0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(56.39% 0.132 152.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.2999, 19.3713, 10.3498)
Luminance	0.1937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B4E #8B2360

analogous

#2C8B23 #238B4E #238B82

triadic

#238B4E #4E238B #8B4E23

tetradic

#238B4E #232C8B #8B2360 #8B8223

square

#238B4E #232C8B #8B2360 #8B8223

split-complementary

#238B4E #82238B #8B232C

monochromatic

#0A2917 #175A33 #238B4E #2FBC69 #54D489

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#238B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#238B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B4E

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B4E	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7F4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00897C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.132 152.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae80',
    500: '#238b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b4e;
$custom-light: #6eae80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144.808,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56385,
    "c": 0.1317,
    "h": 152.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B4E

secondary

#B8528E

accent

#45A2E3

background

#F7FAF7

surface

#EDF4EE

border

#C8CEC9

text

#08100A

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B4E

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

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