#228B59#228B59

#228B59 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.121 H 157.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B59
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 89)
HSL	hsl(151, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(151, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 36%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.30, -41.38, 18.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.30, 45.36, 155.84°)
OKLab	oklab(56.59% -0.1121 0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(56.59% 0.121 157.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.6943, 19.5252, 12.6017)
Luminance	0.1953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B59 #8B2254

analogous

#228B25 #228B59 #22898B

triadic

#228B59 #59228B #8B5922

tetradic

#228B59 #25228B #8B2254 #898B22

square

#228B59 #25228B #8B2254 #898B22

split-complementary

#228B59 #8B2289 #8B2522

monochromatic

#0A291A #165A3A #228B59 #2EBC78 #53D597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#228B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#228B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B59

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B59	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D775C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.121 157.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae88',
    500: '#228b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b59;
$custom-light: #6eae88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.429,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56591,
    "c": 0.1214,
    "h": 157.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B59

secondary

#B85082

accent

#4490E4

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4EF

border

#C8CECA

text

#08100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B59

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

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