#228B5F#228B5F

#228B5F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.116 H 160.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B5F
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 95)
HSL	hsl(155, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(155, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 31.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.42, -40.06, 15.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.42, 42.89, 159.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.73% -0.1091 0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(56.73% 0.116 160.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.9566, 19.6301, 13.9831)
Luminance	0.1963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B5F #8B224E

analogous

#228B2B #228B5F #22838B

triadic

#228B5F #5F228B #8B5F22

tetradic

#228B5F #2B228B #8B224E #838B22

square

#228B5F #2B228B #8B224E #838B22

split-complementary

#228B5F #8B2283 #8B2B22

monochromatic

#0A291C #165A3D #228B5F #2EBC81 #53D59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#228B5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#228B5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B5F

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B5F	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89805C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.116 160.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae8c',
    500: '#228b5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b5f;
$custom-light: #6eae8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.857,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56729,
    "c": 0.11579,
    "h": 160.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B5F

secondary

#B8507C

accent

#4487E4

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4F0

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100C

muted

#7B7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B5F

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

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