#239A42#239A42

#239A42 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.163 H 147.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239A42
RGB	rgb(35, 154, 66)
HSL	hsl(136, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(136, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 0%, 57.1%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.95, -50.99, 36.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.95, 62.84, 144.23°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% -0.1372 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.163 147.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.2311, 23.8603, 9.0614)
Luminance	0.2386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239A42 #9A237B

analogous

#409A23 #239A42 #239A7E

triadic

#239A42 #42239A #9A4223

tetradic

#239A42 #23409A #9A237B #9A7E23

square

#239A42 #23409A #9A237B #9A7E23

split-complementary

#239A42 #7E239A #9A2340

monochromatic

#0C3617 #18682D #239A42 #2ECC57 #5DDA7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#239A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#239A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239A42

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239A42	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 154, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.163 147.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b979',
    500: '#239a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239a42;
$custom-light: #72b979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135.63,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60325,
    "c": 0.16273,
    "h": 147.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239A42

secondary

#BF5AA5

accent

#42BBE6

background

#F7FBF7

surface

#EDF6ED

border

#C8D0C8

text

#091209

muted

#7B817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #239A42

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

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