#238C42#238C42

#238C42 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.145 H 148.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C42
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 66)
HSL	hsl(138, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(138, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 52.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.27, -45.91, 31.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.27, 55.44, 145.92°)
OKLab	oklab(56.45% -0.1235 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(56.45% 0.145 148.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.0537, 19.5056, 8.3356)
Luminance	0.1951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C42 #8C236D

analogous

#398C23 #238C42 #238C77

triadic

#238C42 #42238C #8C4223

tetradic

#238C42 #23398C #8C236D #8C7723

square

#238C42 #23398C #8C236D #8C7723

split-complementary

#238C42 #77238C #8C2339

monochromatic

#0B2A14 #175B2B #238C42 #2FBD59 #55D47B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#238C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#238C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C42

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C42	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	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)

#8D7F3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00897B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.145 148.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eaf78',
    500: '#238c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c42;
$custom-light: #6eaf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.714,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56454,
    "c": 0.14453,
    "h": 148.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C42

secondary

#B8529A

accent

#45B4E3

background

#F7FAF7

surface

#EDF4ED

border

#C8CEC8

text

#081009

muted

#7B7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C42

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

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