#228A80#228A80

#228A80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.092 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228A80
RGB	rgb(34, 138, 128)
HSL	hsl(174, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(174, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 7.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.92, -30.97, -2.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.92, 31.11, 185.51°)
OKLab	oklab(57.42% -0.0916 -0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(57.42% 0.092 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.6426, 20.0739, 23.5735)
Luminance	0.2008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228A80 #8A222C

analogous

#228A4C #228A80 #22608A

triadic

#228A80 #80228A #8A8022

tetradic

#228A80 #4C228A #8A222C #608A22

square

#228A80 #4C228A #8A222C #608A22

split-complementary

#228A80 #8A2260 #8A4C22

monochromatic

#0A2825 #165952 #228A80 #2EBBAE #52D4C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#228A80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#228A80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228A80

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228A80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228A80	1.00	4.19	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838280

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747781

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228a80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 138, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.092 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6faca4',
    500: '#228a80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228a80;
$custom-light: #6faca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228a80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.231,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57417,
    "c": 0.09199,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228A80

secondary

#B8505A

accent

#4454E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228A80

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

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