#228A7F#228A7F

#228A7F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.092 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228A7F
RGB	rgb(34, 138, 127)
HSL	hsl(174, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(174, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.89, -31.26, -2.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.89, 31.36, 184.48°)
OKLab	oklab(57.38% -0.0921 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(57.38% 0.092 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.5771, 20.0477, 23.2286)
Luminance	0.2005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228A7F #8A222D

analogous

#228A4B #228A7F #22618A

triadic

#228A7F #7F228A #8A7F22

tetradic

#228A7F #4B228A #8A222D #618A22

square

#228A7F #4B228A #8A222D #618A22

split-complementary

#228A7F #8A2261 #8A4B22

monochromatic

#0A2825 #165952 #228A7F #2EBBAC #52D4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#228A7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#228A7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228A7F

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228A7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228A7F	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83827F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747780

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228a7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 138, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.092 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fada4',
    500: '#228a7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228a7f;
$custom-light: #6fada4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228a7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.654,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57383,
    "c": 0.09235,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228A7F

secondary

#B8505B

accent

#4455E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F3

border

#C8CECD

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228A7F

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

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