#228B5E#228B5E

#228B5E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.117 H 159.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B5E
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 94)
HSL	hsl(154, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(154, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 32.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.40, -40.28, 15.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.40, 43.30, 158.50°)
OKLab	oklab(56.71% -0.1096 0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(56.71% 0.117 159.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9115, 19.6121, 13.7452)
Luminance	0.1961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B5E #8B224F

analogous

#228B2A #228B5E #22848B

triadic

#228B5E #5E228B #8B5E22

tetradic

#228B5E #2A228B #8B224F #848B22

square

#228B5E #2A228B #8B224F #848B22

split-complementary

#228B5E #8B2284 #8B2A22

monochromatic

#0A291B #165A3D #228B5E #2EBC7F #53D59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#228B5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#228B5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B5E

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B5E	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)

#89805B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.117 159.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae8c',
    500: '#228b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b5e;
$custom-light: #6eae8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.286,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56705,
    "c": 0.11671,
    "h": 159.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B5E

secondary

#B8507D

accent

#4488E4

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4F0

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100C

muted

#7B7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B5E

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

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