#238B53#238B53

#238B53 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.127 H 154.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B53
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 83)
HSL	hsl(148, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(148, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 40.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.20, -42.48, 21.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.20, 47.74, 152.83°)
OKLab	oklab(56.48% -0.1146 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(56.48% 0.127 154.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.4860, 19.4458, 11.3300)
Luminance	0.1945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B53 #8B235B

analogous

#278B23 #238B53 #238B87

triadic

#238B53 #53238B #8B5323

tetradic

#238B53 #23278B #8B235B #8B8723

square

#238B53 #23278B #8B235B #8B8723

split-complementary

#238B53 #87238B #8B2327

monochromatic

#0A2919 #175A36 #238B53 #2FBC70 #54D48F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#238B53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#238B53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B53

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B53	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00897D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.127 154.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae84',
    500: '#238b53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b53;
$custom-light: #6eae84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 147.692,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56484,
    "c": 0.12683,
    "h": 154.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B53

secondary

#B85289

accent

#459AE3

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4EF

border

#C8CECA

text

#08100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B53

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

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