#228B5B#228B5B

#228B5B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.119 H 158.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B5B
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 91)
HSL	hsl(153, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(153, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 34.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.34, -40.95, 17.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.34, 44.53, 156.88°)
OKLab	oklab(56.64% -0.1111 0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(56.64% 0.12 158.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.7795, 19.5593, 13.0500)
Luminance	0.1956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B5B #8B2252

analogous

#228B26 #228B5B #22878B

triadic

#228B5B #5B228B #8B5B22

tetradic

#228B5B #26228B #8B2252 #878B22

square

#228B5B #26228B #8B2252 #878B22

split-complementary

#228B5B #8B2287 #8B2622

monochromatic

#0A291B #165A3B #228B5B #2EBC7B #53D599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#228B5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#228B5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B5B

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B5B	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)

#8A8058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D775E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.119 158.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae89',
    500: '#228b5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b5b;
$custom-light: #6eae89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.571,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56636,
    "c": 0.1195,
    "h": 158.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B5B

secondary

#B85080

accent

#448DE4

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4F0

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B5B

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

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