#268B42#268B42

#268B42 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.142 H 148.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268B42
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 66)
HSL	hsl(137, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(137, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 52.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.00, -45.03, 30.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.00, 54.52, 145.68°)
OKLab	oklab(56.25% -0.1212 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(56.25% 0.142 148.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.0145, 19.2694, 8.2921)
Luminance	0.1927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268B42 #8B266F

analogous

#3C8B26 #268B42 #268B75

triadic

#268B42 #42268B #8B4226

tetradic

#268B42 #263C8B #8B266F #8B7526

square

#268B42 #263C8B #8B266F #8B7526

split-complementary

#268B42 #75268B #8B263C

monochromatic

#0C2B14 #195B2B #268B42 #33BB59 #5AD27B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#268B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#268B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268B42

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268B42	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7F3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00887A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.142 148.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fae78',
    500: '#268b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268b42;
$custom-light: #6fae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 136.634,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56247,
    "c": 0.14219,
    "h": 148.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268B42

secondary

#B7569C

accent

#47B6E0

background

#F7FAF7

surface

#EDF4ED

border

#C8CEC8

text

#081009

muted

#7B7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #268B42

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

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