#238C40#238C40

#238C40 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.146 H 148.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C40
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 64)
HSL	hsl(137, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(137, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 54.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.25, -46.23, 32.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.25, 56.26, 145.25°)
OKLab	oklab(56.42% -0.1244 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(56.42% 0.146 148.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.9958, 19.4824, 8.0305)
Luminance	0.1948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C40 #8C236F

analogous

#3B8C23 #238C40 #238C75

triadic

#238C40 #40238C #8C4023

tetradic

#238C40 #233B8C #8C236F #8C7523

square

#238C40 #233B8C #8C236F #8C7523

split-complementary

#238C40 #75238C #8C233B

monochromatic

#0B2A13 #175B2A #238C40 #2FBD56 #55D478

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#238C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#238C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C40

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C40	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)

#8D7F39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00897B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.146 148.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6faf77',
    500: '#238c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c40;
$custom-light: #6faf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 136.571,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56424,
    "c": 0.14636,
    "h": 148.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C40

secondary

#B8529C

accent

#45B7E3

background

#F7FAF7

surface

#EDF5ED

border

#C8CFC8

text

#081009

muted

#7B7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C40

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

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