#238E57#238E57

#238E57 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.127 H 155.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E57
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 87)
HSL	hsl(149, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(149, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 38.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.28, -42.86, 21.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.28, 47.73, 153.90°)
OKLab	oklab(57.39% -0.1158 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(57.39% 0.127 155.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.0853, 20.3900, 12.3137)
Luminance	0.2039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E57 #8E235A

analogous

#248E23 #238E57 #238E8D

triadic

#238E57 #57238E #8E5723

tetradic

#238E57 #23248E #8E235A #8E8D23

square

#238E57 #23248E #8E235A #8E8D23

split-complementary

#238E57 #8D238E #8E2324

monochromatic

#0B2C1B #175D39 #238E57 #2FBF75 #56D594

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#238E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#238E57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E57

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E57	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80795B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.127 155.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb087',
    500: '#238e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e57;
$custom-light: #6fb087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149.159,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57391,
    "c": 0.12712,
    "h": 155.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E57

secondary

#B95388

accent

#4496E4

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5EF

border

#C8CFCA

text

#08110B

muted

#7B807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E57

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

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