#238E22#238E22

#238E22 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.172 H 142.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E22
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 34)
HSL	hsl(119, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(119, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.63, -50.43, 46.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.63, 68.30, 137.59°)
OKLab	oklab(56.65% -0.1369 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(56.65% 0.172 142.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.6542, 19.8176, 4.7767)
Luminance	0.1982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E22 #8D228E

analogous

#598E22 #238E22 #228E57

triadic

#238E22 #22238E #8E2223

tetradic

#238E22 #22598E #8D228E #8E5722

square

#238E22 #22598E #8D228E #8E5722

split-complementary

#238E22 #57228E #8E2259

monochromatic

#0B2B0A #175D16 #238E22 #2FBF2E #55D654

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#238E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#238E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E22

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E22	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)

#91800C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85782E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.172 142.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b065',
    500: '#238e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e22;
$custom-light: #70b065;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 119.444,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56648,
    "c": 0.17196,
    "h": 142.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E22

secondary

#B952BA

accent

#43E4E3

background

#F7FBF6

surface

#EDF6EB

border

#C8D0C6

text

#091106

muted

#7B807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E22

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

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