#228A72#228A72

#228A72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.099 H 173.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228A72
RGB	rgb(34, 138, 114)
HSL	hsl(166, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(166, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 17.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.53, -34.90, 4.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.53, 35.20, 172.54°)
OKLab	oklab(56.97% -0.0985 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(56.97% 0.099 173.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.7839, 19.7304, 19.0509)
Luminance	0.1973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228A72 #8A223A

analogous

#228A3E #228A72 #226E8A

triadic

#228A72 #72228A #8A7222

tetradic

#228A72 #3E228A #8A223A #6E8A22

square

#228A72 #3E228A #8A223A #6E8A22

split-complementary

#228A72 #8A226E #8A3E22

monochromatic

#0A2821 #165949 #228A72 #2EBB9B #52D4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#228A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#228A72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228A72

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228A72	1.00	4.25	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 138, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.099 173.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ead9a',
    500: '#228a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228a72;
$custom-light: #6ead9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.154,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5697,
    "c": 0.09915,
    "h": 173.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228A72

secondary

#B85068

accent

#4469E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228A72

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

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