#238E42#238E42

#238E42 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.147 H 148.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E42
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 66)
HSL	hsl(137, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(137, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 53.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.94, -46.66, 31.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.94, 56.51, 145.65°)
OKLab	oklab(57.01% -0.1255 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(57.01% 0.147 148.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.3486, 20.0954, 8.4339)
Luminance	0.2010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E42 #8E236F

analogous

#3A8E23 #238E42 #238E78

triadic

#238E42 #42238E #8E4223

tetradic

#238E42 #233A8E #8E236F #8E7823

square

#238E42 #233A8E #8E236F #8E7823

split-complementary

#238E42 #78238E #8E233A

monochromatic

#0B2C14 #175D2B #238E42 #2FBF59 #56D57B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#238E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#238E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E42

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E42	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F813B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.147 148.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb078',
    500: '#238e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e42;
$custom-light: #6fb078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.383,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5701,
    "c": 0.14718,
    "h": 148.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E42

secondary

#B9539C

accent

#44B5E4

background

#F7FAF7

surface

#EDF5ED

border

#C8CFC8

text

#081109

muted

#7B807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E42

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

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