#238D42#238D42

#238D42 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.146 H 148.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D42
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 66)
HSL	hsl(138, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(138, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 53.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.61, -46.29, 31.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.61, 55.98, 145.78°)
OKLab	oklab(56.73% -0.1245 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(56.73% 0.146 148.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.2005, 19.7991, 8.3845)
Luminance	0.1980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D42 #8D236E

analogous

#398D23 #238D42 #238D77

triadic

#238D42 #42238D #8D4223

tetradic

#238D42 #23398D #8D236E #8D7723

square

#238D42 #23398D #8D236E #8D7723

split-complementary

#238D42 #77238D #8D2339

monochromatic

#0B2B14 #175C2B #238D42 #2FBE59 #55D57B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#238D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#238D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D42

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D42	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	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)

#8E803B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.146 148.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6faf78',
    500: '#238d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d42;
$custom-light: #6faf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.547,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56732,
    "c": 0.14585,
    "h": 148.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D42

secondary

#B9539B

accent

#44B5E3

background

#F7FAF7

surface

#EDF5ED

border

#C8CFC8

text

#081009

muted

#7B7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D42

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

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