#228B66#228B66

#228B66 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.110 H 164.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B66
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 102)
HSL	hsl(159, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(159, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 26.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.57, -38.41, 11.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.57, 40.11, 163.27°)
OKLab	oklab(56.9% -0.1055 0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(56.9% 0.11 164.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.2892, 19.7632, 15.7348)
Luminance	0.1976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B66 #8B2247

analogous

#228B32 #228B66 #227C8B

triadic

#228B66 #66228B #8B6622

tetradic

#228B66 #32228B #8B2247 #7C8B22

square

#228B66 #32228B #8B2247 #7C8B22

split-complementary

#228B66 #8B227C #8B3222

monochromatic

#0A291E #165A42 #228B66 #2EBC8A #53D5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#228B66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#228B66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B66

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B66	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888164

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.110 164.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae91',
    500: '#228b66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b66;
$custom-light: #6eae91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.857,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56904,
    "c": 0.10958,
    "h": 164.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B66

secondary

#B85075

accent

#447CE4

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4F0

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100C

muted

#7B7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B66

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

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