#238B56#238B56

#238B56 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.124 H 155.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B56
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 86)
HSL	hsl(149, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(149, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 38.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.26, -41.86, 20.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.26, 46.48, 154.24°)
OKLab	oklab(56.55% -0.1131 0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(56.55% 0.124 155.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.6044, 19.4931, 11.9533)
Luminance	0.1949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B56 #8B2358

analogous

#248B23 #238B56 #238B8A

triadic

#238B56 #56238B #8B5623

tetradic

#238B56 #23248B #8B2358 #8B8A23

square

#238B56 #23248B #8B2358 #8B8A23

split-complementary

#238B56 #8A238B #8B2324

monochromatic

#0A291A #175A38 #238B56 #2FBC74 #54D493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#238B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#238B56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B56

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B56	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.124 155.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae86',
    500: '#238b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b56;
$custom-light: #6eae86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149.423,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56547,
    "c": 0.12394,
    "h": 155.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B56

secondary

#B85286

accent

#4595E3

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4EF

border

#C8CECA

text

#08100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B56

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

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