#228A79#228A79

#228A79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.095 H 179.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228A79
RGB	rgb(34, 138, 121)
HSL	hsl(170, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(170, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 12.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.72, -32.98, 0.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.72, 32.99, 178.64°)
OKLab	oklab(57.19% -0.095 0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(57.19% 0.095 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.1976, 19.8959, 21.2302)
Luminance	0.1990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228A79 #8A2233

analogous

#228A45 #228A79 #22678A

triadic

#228A79 #79228A #8A7922

tetradic

#228A79 #45228A #8A2233 #678A22

square

#228A79 #45228A #8A2233 #678A22

split-complementary

#228A79 #8A2267 #8A4522

monochromatic

#0A2823 #16594E #228A79 #2EBBA4 #52D4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#228A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#228A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228A79

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228A79	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848178

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76777A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 138, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.095 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fad9f',
    500: '#228a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228a79;
$custom-light: #6fad9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.192,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57186,
    "c": 0.09501,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228A79

secondary

#B85061

accent

#445EE4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228A79

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

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