#238E4F#238E4F

#238E4F is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.135 H 152.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E4F
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 79)
HSL	hsl(145, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(145, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 44.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.14, -44.43, 25.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.14, 51.09, 150.42°)
OKLab	oklab(57.23% -0.1196 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(57.23% 0.135 152.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7764, 20.2665, 10.6868)
Luminance	0.2027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E4F #8E2362

analogous

#2C8E23 #238E4F #238E85

triadic

#238E4F #4F238E #8E4F23

tetradic

#238E4F #232C8E #8E2362 #8E8523

square

#238E4F #232C8E #8E2362 #8E8523

split-complementary

#238E4F #85238E #8E232C

monochromatic

#0B2C18 #175D34 #238E4F #2FBF6A #56D58A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#238E4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#238E4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E4F

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E4F	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E824A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.135 152.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb081',
    500: '#238e4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e4f;
$custom-light: #6fb081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144.673,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57232,
    "c": 0.13484,
    "h": 152.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E4F

secondary

#B9538F

accent

#44A2E4

background

#F7FAF7

surface

#EDF5EE

border

#C8CFC9

text

#08110A

muted

#7B807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E4F

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

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