#238C56#238C56

#238C56 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.125 H 155.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C56
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 86)
HSL	hsl(149, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(149, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 38.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.59, -42.27, 20.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.59, 47.04, 153.97°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% -0.1142 0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.125 155.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.7498, 19.7840, 12.0017)
Luminance	0.1978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C56 #8C2359

analogous

#258C23 #238C56 #238C8B

triadic

#238C56 #56238C #8C5623

tetradic

#238C56 #23258C #8C2359 #8C8B23

square

#238C56 #23258C #8C2359 #8C8B23

split-complementary

#238C56 #8B238C #8C2325

monochromatic

#0B2A1A #175B38 #238C56 #2FBD74 #55D493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#238C56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#238C56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C56

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C56	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F775A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.125 155.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae86',
    500: '#238c56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c56;
$custom-light: #6eae86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149.143,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56822,
    "c": 0.12532,
    "h": 155.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C56

secondary

#B85287

accent

#4596E3

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4EF

border

#C8CECA

text

#08100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C56

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

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