#238E56#238E56

#238E56 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.128 H 155.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E56
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 86)
HSL	hsl(149, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(149, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 39.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.26, -43.07, 21.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.26, 48.15, 153.44°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% -0.1162 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.128 155.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.0447, 20.3738, 12.1000)
Luminance	0.2037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E56 #8E235B

analogous

#268E23 #238E56 #238E8C

triadic

#238E56 #56238E #8E5623

tetradic

#238E56 #23268E #8E235B #8E8C23

square

#238E56 #23268E #8E235B #8E8C23

split-complementary

#238E56 #8C238E #8E2326

monochromatic

#0B2C1B #175D38 #238E56 #2FBF74 #56D593

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#238E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#238E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E56

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E56	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)

#8D8252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81795A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.128 155.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb086',
    500: '#238e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e56;
$custom-light: #6fb086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.598,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5737,
    "c": 0.12809,
    "h": 155.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E56

secondary

#B95389

accent

#4498E4

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5EF

border

#C8CFCA

text

#08110B

muted

#7B807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E56

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

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