#228A77#228A77

#228A77 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.096 H 177.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228A77
RGB	rgb(34, 138, 119)
HSL	hsl(169, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(169, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 13.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.66, -33.54, 1.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.66, 33.59, 176.82°)
OKLab	oklab(57.12% -0.096 0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(57.12% 0.096 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.0763, 19.8474, 20.5910)
Luminance	0.1985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228A77 #8A2235

analogous

#228A43 #228A77 #22698A

triadic

#228A77 #77228A #8A7722

tetradic

#228A77 #43228A #8A2235 #698A22

square

#228A77 #43228A #8A2235 #698A22

split-complementary

#228A77 #8A2269 #8A4322

monochromatic

#0A2822 #16594D #228A77 #2EBBA1 #52D4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#228A77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#228A77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228A77

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228A77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228A77	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848176

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228a77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 138, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.096 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ead9e',
    500: '#228a77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228a77;
$custom-light: #6ead9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228a77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.038,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57123,
    "c": 0.09608,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228A77

secondary

#B85063

accent

#4461E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228A77

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

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