#225A56#225A56

#225A56 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.059 H 188.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225A56
RGB	rgb(34, 90, 86)
HSL	hsl(176, 45%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(176, 62%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 0%, 4.4%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.65, -19.28, -3.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.65, 19.54, 189.39°)
OKLab	oklab(42.95% -0.058 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(42.95% 0.059 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.9948, 8.3237, 10.0930)
Luminance	0.0832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225A56 #5A2226

analogous

#225A3A #225A56 #22425A

triadic

#225A56 #56225A #5A5622

tetradic

#225A56 #3A225A #5A2226 #425A22

square

#225A56 #3A225A #5A2226 #425A22

split-complementary

#225A56 #5A2242 #5A3A22

monochromatic

#081615 #112E2C #225A56 #338680 #44B3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.88

#225A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#225A56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225A56

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225A56	1.00	7.88	2.66	7.88
#FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4F57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 90, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.059 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#648985',
    500: '#225a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225a56;
$custom-light: #648985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.714,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42948,
    "c": 0.05868,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225A56

secondary

#8E4A4F

accent

#535CD5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#060B0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #225A56

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

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