#228A7B#228A7B

#228A7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.094 H 180.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228A7B
RGB	rgb(34, 138, 123)
HSL	hsl(171, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(171, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 10.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.78, -32.41, -0.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.78, 32.41, 180.52°)
OKLab	oklab(57.25% -0.094 -0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(57.25% 0.094 180.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.3216, 19.9455, 21.8828)
Luminance	0.1995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228A7B #8A2231

analogous

#228A47 #228A7B #22658A

triadic

#228A7B #7B228A #8A7B22

tetradic

#228A7B #47228A #8A2231 #658A22

square

#228A7B #47228A #8A2231 #658A22

split-complementary

#228A7B #8A2265 #8A4722

monochromatic

#0A2823 #16594F #228A7B #2EBBA7 #52D4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#228A7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#228A7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228A7B

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228A7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228A7B	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84817A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75777C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228a7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 138, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.094 180.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fada1',
    500: '#228a7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228a7b;
$custom-light: #6fada1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228a7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.346,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57251,
    "c": 0.09403,
    "h": 180.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228A7B

secondary

#B8505F

accent

#445BE4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228A7B

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

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