#228A7A#228A7A

#228A7A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.095 H 179.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228A7A
RGB	rgb(34, 138, 122)
HSL	hsl(171, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(171, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 11.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.75, -32.70, 0.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.75, 32.70, 179.57°)
OKLab	oklab(57.22% -0.0945 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(57.22% 0.095 179.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.2593, 19.9206, 21.5548)
Luminance	0.1992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228A7A #8A2232

analogous

#228A46 #228A7A #22668A

triadic

#228A7A #7A228A #8A7A22

tetradic

#228A7A #46228A #8A2232 #668A22

square

#228A7A #46228A #8A2232 #668A22

split-complementary

#228A7A #8A2266 #8A4622

monochromatic

#0A2823 #16594F #228A7A #2EBBA5 #52D4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#228A7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#228A7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228A7A

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228A7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228A7A	1.00	4.21	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.21	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)

#848179

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76777B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228a7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 138, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.095 179.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fada0',
    500: '#228a7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228a7a;
$custom-light: #6fada0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228a7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.769,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57218,
    "c": 0.09451,
    "h": 179.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228A7A

secondary

#B85060

accent

#445DE4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228A7A

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

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