#228B5D#228B5D

#228B5D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.118 H 159.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B5D
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 93)
HSL	hsl(154, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(154, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 33.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.38, -40.51, 16.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.38, 43.71, 157.95°)
OKLab	oklab(56.68% -0.1101 0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(56.68% 0.118 159.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.8669, 19.5942, 13.5105)
Luminance	0.1960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B5D #8B2250

analogous

#228B28 #228B5D #22858B

triadic

#228B5D #5D228B #8B5D22

tetradic

#228B5D #28228B #8B2250 #858B22

square

#228B5D #28228B #8B2250 #858B22

split-complementary

#228B5D #8B2285 #8B2822

monochromatic

#0A291B #165A3C #228B5D #2EBC7E #53D59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#228B5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#228B5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B5D

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B5D	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89805A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.118 159.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae8b',
    500: '#228b5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b5d;
$custom-light: #6eae8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.714,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56682,
    "c": 0.11764,
    "h": 159.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B5D

secondary

#B8507E

accent

#448AE4

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4F0

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100C

muted

#7B7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B5D

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

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