#28AE50#28AE50

#28AE50 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.174 H 148.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28AE50
RGB	rgb(40, 174, 80)
HSL	hsl(138, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(138, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 0%, 54%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.76, -55.27, 38.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.76, 67.10, 145.45°)
OKLab	oklab(66.05% -0.1485 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(66.05% 0.174 148.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.4577, 31.3003, 12.7094)
Luminance	0.3130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28AE50 #AE2886

analogous

#43AE28 #28AE50 #28AE93

triadic

#28AE50 #5028AE #AE5028

tetradic

#28AE50 #2843AE #AE2886 #AE9328

square

#28AE50 #2843AE #AE2886 #AE9328

split-complementary

#28AE50 #9328AE #AE2843

monochromatic

#114A22 #1D7C39 #28AE50 #40D36C #72DF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#28AE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#28AE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28AE50

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28AE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28AE50	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09E48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AA99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28ae50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 174, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.174 148.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78c783',
    500: '#28ae50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28ae50;
$custom-light: #78c783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28ae50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.91,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6605,
    "c": 0.17442,
    "h": 148.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28AE50

secondary

#C66CAB

accent

#42B5E6

background

#F7FCF8

surface

#EEF8EF

border

#C9D1CA

text

#0A130B

muted

#7C827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #28AE50

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

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