#228A56#228A56

#228A56 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.123 H 156.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228A56
RGB	rgb(34, 138, 86)
HSL	hsl(150, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(150, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 37.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.91, -41.61, 19.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.91, 46.05, 154.64°)
OKLab	oklab(56.25% -0.1125 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(56.25% 0.123 156.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.4268, 19.1876, 11.9036)
Luminance	0.1919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228A56 #8A2256

analogous

#228A22 #228A56 #228A8A

triadic

#228A56 #56228A #8A5622

tetradic

#228A56 #22228A #8A2256 #8A8A22

square

#228A56 #22228A #8A2256 #8A8A22

split-complementary

#228A56 #8A228A #8A2222

monochromatic

#0A2819 #165937 #228A56 #2EBB75 #52D493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#228A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#228A56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228A56

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228A56	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00897D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 138, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.123 156.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dad86',
    500: '#228a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228a56;
$custom-light: #6dad86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5625,
    "c": 0.12289,
    "h": 156.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228A56

secondary

#B85084

accent

#4494E4

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4EF

border

#C8CECA

text

#08100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #228A56

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

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