#238E55#238E55

#238E55 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.129 H 154.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E55
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 85)
HSL	hsl(148, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(148, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 40.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.24, -43.27, 22.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.24, 48.57, 152.99°)
OKLab	oklab(57.35% -0.1167 0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(57.35% 0.129 154.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.0047, 20.3578, 11.8893)
Luminance	0.2036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E55 #8E235C

analogous

#278E23 #238E55 #238E8A

triadic

#238E55 #55238E #8E5523

tetradic

#238E55 #23278E #8E235C #8E8A23

square

#238E55 #23278E #8E235C #8E8A23

split-complementary

#238E55 #8A238E #8E2327

monochromatic

#0B2C1A #175D38 #238E55 #2FBF72 #56D592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#238E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#238E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E55

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E55	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.129 154.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb085',
    500: '#238e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e55;
$custom-light: #6fb085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.037,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57349,
    "c": 0.12905,
    "h": 154.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E55

secondary

#B9538A

accent

#4499E4

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5EF

border

#C8CFCA

text

#08110B

muted

#7B807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E55

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

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