#228A78#228A78

#228A78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.096 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228A78
RGB	rgb(34, 138, 120)
HSL	hsl(170, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(170, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 13%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.69, -33.26, 1.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.69, 33.29, 177.72°)
OKLab	oklab(57.15% -0.0955 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(57.15% 0.096 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.1366, 19.8715, 20.9089)
Luminance	0.1987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228A78 #8A2234

analogous

#228A44 #228A78 #22688A

triadic

#228A78 #78228A #8A7822

tetradic

#228A78 #44228A #8A2234 #688A22

square

#228A78 #44228A #8A2234 #688A22

split-complementary

#228A78 #8A2268 #8A4422

monochromatic

#0A2823 #16594D #228A78 #2EBBA3 #52D4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#228A78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#228A78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228A78

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228A78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228A78	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	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)

#848177

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228a78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 138, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.096 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ead9e',
    500: '#228a78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228a78;
$custom-light: #6ead9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228a78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.615,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57154,
    "c": 0.09554,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228A78

secondary

#B85062

accent

#4460E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228A78

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

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