#228A74#228A74

#228A74 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.098 H 174.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228A74
RGB	rgb(34, 138, 116)
HSL	hsl(167, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(167, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 15.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.58, -34.36, 3.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.58, 34.54, 174.20°)
OKLab	oklab(57.03% -0.0975 0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(57.03% 0.098 174.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.8989, 19.7765, 19.6570)
Luminance	0.1978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228A74 #8A2238

analogous

#228A40 #228A74 #226C8A

triadic

#228A74 #74228A #8A7422

tetradic

#228A74 #40228A #8A2238 #6C8A22

square

#228A74 #40228A #8A2238 #6C8A22

split-complementary

#228A74 #8A226C #8A4022

monochromatic

#0A2821 #16594B #228A74 #2EBB9D #52D4B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#228A74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#228A74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228A74

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228A74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228A74	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858173

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777776

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228a74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 138, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.098 174.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ead9c',
    500: '#228a74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228a74;
$custom-light: #6ead9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228a74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.308,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5703,
    "c": 0.09786,
    "h": 174.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228A74

secondary

#B85066

accent

#4466E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228A74

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

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