#228A6E#228A6E

#228A6E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.102 H 170.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228A6E
RGB	rgb(34, 138, 110)
HSL	hsl(164, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(164, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 20.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.43, -35.96, 6.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.43, 36.59, 169.38°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% -0.1005 0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.102 170.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.5611, 19.6413, 17.8780)
Luminance	0.1964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228A6E #8A223E

analogous

#228A3A #228A6E #22728A

triadic

#228A6E #6E228A #8A6E22

tetradic

#228A6E #3A228A #8A223E #728A22

square

#228A6E #3A228A #8A223E #728A22

split-complementary

#228A6E #8A2272 #8A3A22

monochromatic

#0A2820 #165947 #228A6E #2EBB95 #52D4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#228A6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#228A6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228A6E

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228A6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228A6E	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86806D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228a6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 138, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.102 170.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ead97',
    500: '#228a6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228a6e;
$custom-light: #6ead97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228a6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.846,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56853,
    "c": 0.10193,
    "h": 170.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228A6E

secondary

#B8506C

accent

#446FE4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228A6E

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

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