#228A7D#228A7D

#228A7D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.093 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228A7D
RGB	rgb(34, 138, 125)
HSL	hsl(173, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(173, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 9.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.83, -31.84, -1.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.83, 31.87, 182.47°)
OKLab	oklab(57.32% -0.093 -0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(57.32% 0.093 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.4480, 19.9961, 22.5489)
Luminance	0.2000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228A7D #8A222F

analogous

#228A49 #228A7D #22638A

triadic

#228A7D #7D228A #8A7D22

tetradic

#228A7D #49228A #8A222F #638A22

square

#228A7D #49228A #8A222F #638A22

split-complementary

#228A7D #8A2263 #8A4922

monochromatic

#0A2824 #165951 #228A7D #2EBBA9 #52D4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#228A7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#228A7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228A7D

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228A7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228A7D	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83827D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75777E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228a7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 138, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.093 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fada2',
    500: '#228a7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228a7d;
$custom-light: #6fada2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228a7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57316,
    "c": 0.09314,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228A7D

secondary

#B8505D

accent

#4458E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228A7D

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

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