#228B68#228B68

#228B68 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.108 H 165.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B68
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 104)
HSL	hsl(160, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(160, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 25.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.61, -37.92, 10.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.61, 39.34, 164.58°)
OKLab	oklab(56.96% -0.1045 0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(56.96% 0.108 165.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.3896, 19.8033, 16.2635)
Luminance	0.1981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B68 #8B2245

analogous

#228B34 #228B68 #227A8B

triadic

#228B68 #68228B #8B6822

tetradic

#228B68 #34228B #8B2245 #7A8B22

square

#228B68 #34228B #8B2245 #7A8B22

split-complementary

#228B68 #8B227A #8B3422

monochromatic

#0A291E #165A43 #228B68 #2EBC8D #53D5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#228B68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#228B68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B68

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B68	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888166

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B776A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.108 165.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae93',
    500: '#228b68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b68;
$custom-light: #6eae93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56957,
    "c": 0.1079,
    "h": 165.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B68

secondary

#B85073

accent

#4479E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F1

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B68

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

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