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#227913

a dark, vivid green · cool · closest name: Green

Token name suggestion: Slate Moss

RGB
34, 121, 19
HSL
111°, 73%, 28%
CMYK
72, 0, 84, 53
Luminance
0.1406

#227913 is a dark vivid green, 111° on the wheel and 59/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (5.51:1). As text it scores 5.51:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Green, nearest Tailwind family is emerald.

hsl(111 73% 28%)rgb(34 121 19)Base step 900AA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #227913 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#227913
Hue
111°
green
Saturation
73%
vivid
Lightness
28%
dark
Brightness
47%
HSV value
Perceived
37%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1406
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
59/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
White
5.51:1
Closest name
Green
ΔE2000 3
Chroma
62.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.505
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
emerald
500 · ΔE 24.3
Web-safe
#336600
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue111° of 360°
Saturation73%
Lightness28%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #227913.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool59% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red2%
Green97%
Blue0%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#227913
HEX (8-digit)#227913ff
RGBrgb(34, 121, 19)
RGBArgba(34, 121, 19, 1)
HSLhsl(111, 73%, 28%)
HSV / HSBhsv(111, 84%, 47%)
HWBhwb(111 7% 53%)
CMYKcmyk(72%, 0%, 84%, 53%)
LABlab(44.3 -44.5 44.1)
LCHlch(44.3 62.6 135.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.505 0.156 141.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(7.61, 14.06, 2.93)
Decimal2259219
Display P3color(display-p3 0.133 0.475 0.075)
Web-safe#336600

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #227913;
background-color: #227913;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #227913;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#227913] bg-[#227913]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #227913;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.133, green: 0.475, blue: 0.075)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.133, green: 0.475, blue: 0.075, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#227913</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF227913)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF227913)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(19, 121, 34)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(34, 121, 19)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(34, 121, 19)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 34, 121, 19)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.1333f, 0.4745f, 0.0745f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{34,121,19}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #227913 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #227913 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#1F6E11, #D7EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #227913 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F4FCF3;
  --brand-100: #EAF8E7;
  --brand-200: #CFF3C9;
  --brand-300: #AAF09E;
  --brand-400: #7FE86E;
  --brand-500: #55E13D;
  --brand-600: #3BD421;
  --brand-700: #31B01C;
  --brand-800: #288D16;
  --brand-900: #227913;
  --brand-950: #14400D;
  --brand: #227913;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F5FAF4;
  --brand-border: #C6EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #195A0E;
  --brand-pressed: #113C09;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #162414;
    --brand-ink: #D7EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4FCF3',
        100: '#EAF8E7',
        200: '#CFF3C9',
        300: '#AAF09E',
        400: '#7FE86E',
        500: '#55E13D',
        600: '#3BD421',
        700: '#31B01C',
        800: '#288D16',
        900: '#227913',
        950: '#14400D',
        DEFAULT: '#227913',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4FCF3,
  '100': #EAF8E7,
  '200': #CFF3C9,
  '300': #AAF09E,
  '400': #7FE86E,
  '500': #55E13D,
  '600': #3BD421,
  '700': #31B01C,
  '800': #288D16,
  '900': #227913,
  '950': #14400D,
);
$brand-base: #227913;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4FCF3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EAF8E7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#CFF3C9", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#AAF09E", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#7FE86E", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#55E13D", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#3BD421", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#31B01C", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#288D16", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#227913", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#14400D", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #227913 · 5.51:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 5.51:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 3.81:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #227913 as text scores 5.51:1 on white and 3.81:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #ECFCE9 at 5.16:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#227913 · 5.51:1
AA on whitealready passes
#227913
The quick fox
#1C6310 · 7.39:1
AAA on white−5% L
#1C6310
The quick fox
#268615 · 4.50:1
AA on black+3% L
#268615
The quick fox
#31AE1B · 7.20:1
AAA on black+12% L
#31AE1B

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #227913 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#227913 on white: 5.51:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#227913 on black: 3.81:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #227913 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #227913.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White5.51:1AaAa
Slate 505.26:1AaAa
Slate 1005.03:1AaAa
Slate 2004.47:1AaAa
Slate 3003.71:1AaAa
Slate 4002.15:1AaAa
Slate 5001.16:1AaAa
Slate 6001.38:1AaAa
Slate 7001.88:1AaAa
Slate 8002.66:1AaAa
Slate 9003.24:1AaAa
Black3.81:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #7C6D00
deuteranopia · #726620
tritanopia · #0E7566

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #227913 is pinned to step 900; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F4FCF3
#EAF8E7
#CFF3C9
#AAF09E
#7FE86E
#55E13D
#3BD421
#31B01C
#288D16
#227913
#14400D
Base = 900Lightest = 50 · #F4FCF3Darkest = 950 · #14400DText step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.039 141.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.062 141.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.094 141.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.122 141.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.143 141.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.156 141.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.156 141.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.147 141.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.131 141.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.109 141.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.086 141.2);
}

Colors that work with #227913

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F5FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#C6EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#569B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#51107C
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#1F6E11
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#ECFCE9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#162414
Dark-mode background
Hover#195A0E
One step down in lightness
Pressed#113C09
Two steps down
Disabled#6B9A62
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#21930E
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #227913

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Black text placed on it
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight73/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#6A1379
Analogous left#557913
Analogous right#137937
Split-complement 1#371379
Split-complement 2#791355
Triadic 1#132279
Triadic 2#791322
Tetradic#135579
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°111°

#227913 sits at 111°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red13.3%
Green47.5%
Blue7.5%
R · 0–255
34
0x22
G · 0–255
121
0x79
B · 0–255
19
0x13

CMYK percentages

Cyan71.9%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow84.3%
Key (black)52.5%

Total ink coverage is 209%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#227913 text on a black background

contrast 3.81:1

Card sample

#227913 text on a white background

contrast 5.51:1

Card sample

#227913 on grey

5.03:1

#227913 on its own surface

5.21:1

#227913 on its dark surface

2.94:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #227913;
Background color
Panel with #227913 background
background-color: #227913;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #227913;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(34, 121, 19, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(34, 121, 19, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #227913;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #227913, #137948);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #227913, #137962);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #227913;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #227913;
caret-color: #227913;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #227913;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #ECFCE9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #227913;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#227913 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #227913 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(34, 121, 19, 0.5)
rgb(34 121 19 / 50%)
#22791380
hsl(111 73% 28% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #227913 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#2279131a#E9F2E7
20%#22791333#D3E4D0
40%#22791366#A7C9A1
60%#22791399#7AAF71
80%#227913cc#4E9442

Gradients from #227913

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #31AE1B, #227913 45%, #1F6E11);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #227913, #0F5F3F);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #227913, #6A1379);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #38C91F 0%, #227913 45%, #1F6E11 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F5FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #80A51A 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #17944E 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #1F6E11 0%, transparent 65%), #227913;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #227913

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#227913 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 3.81:1 — lift it to #268615 for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#227913, answered

What color is #227913?

#227913 is a dark vivid green, closest to Green (ΔE2000 3). It sits at 111° on the hue wheel with 73% saturation and 28% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #227913?

rgb(34, 121, 19) — 34 red, 121 green and 19 blue out of 255, or 13.3% / 47.5% / 7.5% by channel.

What is #227913 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(111, 73%, 28%) and hsv(111, 84%, 47%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #227913 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1406 and perceived brightness is 37%, so white text on it reaches 5.51:1.

Should I use black or white text on #227913?

White. It scores 5.51:1 against #227913, versus 3.81:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #227913 accessible on a white background?

#227913 on white scores 5.51:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #227913?

#6A1379 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #371379 and #791355, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #227913?

For interface work: #F5FAF4 as the surface, #C6EDC0 for borders, #569B4B for secondary text, #51107C as an accent and #1F6E11 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #557913 and #137937 stays calm, while #6A1379 is the loudest partner.

What is #227913 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(72%, 0%, 84%, 53%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #227913 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 59 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #477913; nudged cooler, #127B29.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #227913?

The emerald family — its 500 step is #10b981, ΔE2000 24.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #227913 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #227913 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#227913] or text-[#227913], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #227913 with 50% opacity?

rgba(34, 121, 19, 0.5), or #22791380 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #91BC89; over black, #113D0A.

Is #227913 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #336600, ΔE2000 7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #227913 mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #227913?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #31AE1B, #227913 45%, #1F6E11). For more colour, a short hue run to #0F5F3F keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #227913 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #227913 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.