#225E53#225E53

#225E53 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.064 H 179.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225E53
RGB	rgb(34, 94, 83)
HSL	hsl(169, 47%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(169, 64%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 0%, 11.7%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.93, -22.29, 0.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.93, 22.30, 178.57°)
OKLab	oklab(43.95% -0.0644 0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(43.95% 0.064 179)
XYZ	xyz(6.2230, 8.9694, 9.5852)
Luminance	0.0897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225E53 #5E222D

analogous

#225E35 #225E53 #224B5E

triadic

#225E53 #53225E #5E5322

tetradic

#225E53 #35225E #5E222D #4B5E22

square

#225E53 #35225E #5E222D #4B5E22

split-complementary

#225E53 #5E224B #5E3522

monochromatic

#081614 #12312B #225E53 #328B7B #43B8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.52

#225E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#225E53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225E53

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225E53	1.00	7.52	2.79	7.52
#FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 94, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.064 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658c83',
    500: '#225e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225e53;
$custom-light: #658c83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43953,
    "c": 0.06445,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.0897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225E53

secondary

#924A57

accent

#516AD7

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#060C0A

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #225E53

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

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