#238B51#238B51

#238B51 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.129 H 153.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B51
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 81)
HSL	hsl(147, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(147, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 41.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.17, -42.87, 22.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.17, 48.59, 151.93°)
OKLab	oklab(56.44% -0.1156 0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(56.44% 0.129 153.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.4099, 19.4153, 10.9292)
Luminance	0.1942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B51 #8B235D

analogous

#298B23 #238B51 #238B85

triadic

#238B51 #51238B #8B5123

tetradic

#238B51 #23298B #8B235D #8B8523

square

#238B51 #23298B #8B235D #8B8523

split-complementary

#238B51 #85238B #8B2329

monochromatic

#0A2918 #175A35 #238B51 #2FBC6D #54D48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#238B51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#238B51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B51

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B51	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7F4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00897D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.129 153.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae82',
    500: '#238b51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b51;
$custom-light: #6eae82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 146.538,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56444,
    "c": 0.12878,
    "h": 153.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B51

secondary

#B8528B

accent

#459DE3

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4EF

border

#C8CECA

text

#08100A

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B51

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

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