#228959#228959

#228959 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.119 H 158.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228959
RGB	rgb(34, 137, 89)
HSL	hsl(152, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(152, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 35%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.63, -40.57, 17.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.63, 44.24, 156.47°)
OKLab	oklab(56.04% -0.11 0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(56.04% 0.119 158)
XYZ	xyz(11.4074, 18.9513, 12.5060)
Luminance	0.1895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228959 #892252

analogous

#228925 #228959 #228589

triadic

#228959 #592289 #895922

tetradic

#228959 #252289 #892252 #858922

square

#228959 #252289 #892252 #858922

split-complementary

#228959 #892285 #892522

monochromatic

#0A2719 #165839 #228959 #2EBA79 #51D497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#228959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#228959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228959

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228959	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887E56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B755C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00887D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 137, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.119 158.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dac88',
    500: '#228959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228959;
$custom-light: #6dac88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.039,
    "s": 60.234,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56042,
    "c": 0.11863,
    "h": 158
  },
  "luminance": 0.18953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228959

secondary

#B84F80

accent

#448EE3

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4EF

border

#C8CECA

text

#08100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #228959

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

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