#225E56#225E56

#225E56 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.063 H 183.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#225E56
RGB	rgb(34, 94, 86)
HSL	hsl(172, 47%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(172, 64%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 0%, 8.5%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.02, -21.42, -1.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.02, 21.45, 183.14°)
OKLab	oklab(44.06% -0.0629 -0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(44.06% 0.063 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.3413, 9.0167, 10.2085)
Luminance	0.0902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#225E56 #5E222A

analogous

#225E38 #225E56 #22485E

triadic

#225E56 #56225E #5E5622

tetradic

#225E56 #38225E #5E222A #485E22

square

#225E56 #38225E #5E222A #485E22

split-complementary

#225E56 #5E2248 #5E3822

monochromatic

#081615 #12312D #225E56 #328B7F #43B8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.49

#225E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#225E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #225E56

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##225E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##225E56	1.00	7.49	2.80	7.49
#FFFFFF	7.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00605B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #225e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 94, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.063 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658c85',
    500: '#225e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #225e56;
$custom-light: #658c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#225e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44057,
    "c": 0.063,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#225E56

secondary

#924A53

accent

#5163D7

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#060C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #225E56

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

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