#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
RGBrgb(35, 142, 85)
HSLhsl(148, 60%, 35%)
HSVhsv(148, 75%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(75.4%, 0%, 40.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(52.24, -43.27, 22.06)
CIE-LCHlch(52.24, 48.57, 152.99°)
OKLaboklab(57.35% -0.1167 0.055)
OKLCHoklch(57.35% 0.129 154.8)
XYZxyz(12.0047, 20.3578, 11.8893)
Luminance0.2036 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##238E551.004.145.075.07
#FFFFFF4.141.0021.0021.00
#0000005.0721.001.001.00
##0000005.0721.001.001.00

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

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#238E55 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva