#238E40#238E40

#238E40 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.149 H 148.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E40
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 64)
HSL	hsl(136, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(136, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 54.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.92, -46.96, 32.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.92, 57.33, 145.00°)
OKLab	oklab(56.98% -0.1264 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(56.98% 0.149 148)
XYZ	xyz(11.2907, 20.0722, 8.1288)
Luminance	0.2007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E40 #8E2371

analogous

#3B8E23 #238E40 #238E76

triadic

#238E40 #40238E #8E4023

tetradic

#238E40 #233B8E #8E2371 #8E7623

square

#238E40 #233B8E #8E2371 #8E7623

split-complementary

#238E40 #76238E #8E233B

monochromatic

#0B2C14 #175D2A #238E40 #2FBF56 #56D579

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#238E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#238E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E40

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E40	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.149 148.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb077',
    500: '#238e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e40;
$custom-light: #6fb077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 136.262,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5698,
    "c": 0.149,
    "h": 148
  },
  "luminance": 0.20073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E40

secondary

#B9539E

accent

#44B8E4

background

#F7FAF7

surface

#EDF5ED

border

#C8CFC8

text

#081109

muted

#7B807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E40

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

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