#238C55#238C55

#238C55 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.126 H 155.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C55
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 85)
HSL	hsl(149, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(149, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 39.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.57, -42.47, 21.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.57, 47.46, 153.50°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% -0.1147 0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.126 155.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.7098, 19.7680, 11.7910)
Luminance	0.1977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C55 #8C235A

analogous

#268C23 #238C55 #238C8A

triadic

#238C55 #55238C #8C5523

tetradic

#238C55 #23268C #8C235A #8C8A23

square

#238C55 #23268C #8C235A #8C8A23

split-complementary

#238C55 #8A238C #8C2326

monochromatic

#0B2A1A #175B37 #238C55 #2FBD73 #55D492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#238C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#238C55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C55

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C55	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.126 155.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae85',
    500: '#238c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c55;
$custom-light: #6eae85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.571,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56801,
    "c": 0.12629,
    "h": 155.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C55

secondary

#B85288

accent

#4598E3

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4EF

border

#C8CECA

text

#08100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C55

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

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