#225A55#225A55

#225A55 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.059 H 187.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225A55
RGB	rgb(34, 90, 85)
HSL	hsl(175, 45%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(175, 62%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 0%, 5.6%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.62, -19.59, -2.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.62, 19.76, 187.59°)
OKLab	oklab(42.91% -0.0585 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(42.91% 0.059 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.9548, 8.3077, 9.8823)
Luminance	0.0831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225A55 #5A2227

analogous

#225A39 #225A55 #22435A

triadic

#225A55 #55225A #5A5522

tetradic

#225A55 #39225A #5A2227 #435A22

square

#225A55 #39225A #5A2227 #435A22

split-complementary

#225A55 #5A2243 #5A3922

monochromatic

#081615 #112E2B #225A55 #33867F #44B3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.89

#225A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#225A55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225A55

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225A55	1.00	7.89	2.66	7.89
#FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4F56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 90, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.059 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#648984',
    500: '#225a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225a55;
$custom-light: #648984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.643,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42911,
    "c": 0.05896,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225A55

secondary

#8E4A50

accent

#535FD5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#060B0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #225A55

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

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