#278E22#278E22

#278E22 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.171 H 142.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278E22
RGB	rgb(39, 142, 34)
HSL	hsl(117, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(117, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.71, -49.71, 46.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.71, 67.85, 137.11°)
OKLab	oklab(56.74% -0.1352 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(56.74% 0.171 142.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.7978, 19.8916, 4.7835)
Luminance	0.1989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278E22 #89228E

analogous

#5D8E22 #278E22 #228E53

triadic

#278E22 #22278E #8E2227

tetradic

#278E22 #225D8E #89228E #8E5322

square

#278E22 #225D8E #89228E #8E5322

split-complementary

#278E22 #53228E #8E225D

monochromatic

#0C2B0A #195D16 #278E22 #35BF2E #5AD654

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#278E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#278E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278E22

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278E22	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91800C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86782E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#068A79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 142, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.171 142.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b065',
    500: '#278e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278e22;
$custom-light: #72b065;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 117.222,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56742,
    "c": 0.17072,
    "h": 142.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278E22

secondary

#B552BA

accent

#43E4DD

background

#F7FAF6

surface

#EDF5EB

border

#C8CFC6

text

#091106

muted

#7B807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #278E22

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

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