#225B59#225B59

#225B59 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.059 H 192.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225B59
RGB	rgb(34, 91, 89)
HSL	hsl(178, 46%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(178, 63%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 0%, 2.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.09, -18.90, -4.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.09, 19.41, 193.14°)
OKLab	oklab(43.34% -0.0577 -0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(43.34% 0.059 192)
XYZ	xyz(6.2032, 8.5429, 10.7713)
Luminance	0.0854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225B59 #5B2224

analogous

#225B3D #225B59 #22415B

triadic

#225B59 #59225B #5B5922

tetradic

#225B59 #3D225B #5B2224 #415B22

square

#225B59 #3D225B #5B2224 #415B22

split-complementary

#225B59 #5B2241 #5B3D22

monochromatic

#081616 #112E2D #225B59 #338885 #43B4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#225B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#225B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225B59

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225B59	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C505A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 91, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.059 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658987',
    500: '#225b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225b59;
$custom-light: #658987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.895,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43338,
    "c": 0.05901,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.08544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225B59

secondary

#8F4A4C

accent

#5357D5

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#060B0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #225B59

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

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