#228A70#228A70

#228A70 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.101 H 171.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228A70
RGB	rgb(34, 138, 112)
HSL	hsl(165, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(165, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 18.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.48, -35.44, 5.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.48, 35.88, 170.93°)
OKLab	oklab(56.91% -0.0995 0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(56.91% 0.101 171.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.6713, 19.6854, 18.4579)
Luminance	0.1969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228A70 #8A223C

analogous

#228A3C #228A70 #22708A

triadic

#228A70 #70228A #8A7022

tetradic

#228A70 #3C228A #8A223C #708A22

square

#228A70 #3C228A #8A223C #708A22

split-complementary

#228A70 #8A2270 #8A3C22

monochromatic

#0A2820 #165948 #228A70 #2EBB98 #52D4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#228A70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#228A70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228A70

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228A70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228A70	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86816F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228a70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 138, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.101 171.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ead99',
    500: '#228a70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228a70;
$custom-light: #6ead99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228a70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56911,
    "c": 0.1005,
    "h": 171.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228A70

secondary

#B8506A

accent

#446CE4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228A70

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

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