#228B69#228B69

#228B69 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.107 H 166.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B69
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 105)
HSL	hsl(161, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(161, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 24.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.64, -37.67, 9.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.64, 38.96, 165.25°)
OKLab	oklab(56.98% -0.104 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(56.98% 0.107 166.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.4407, 19.8238, 16.5326)
Luminance	0.1983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B69 #8B2244

analogous

#228B34 #228B69 #22798B

triadic

#228B69 #69228B #8B6922

tetradic

#228B69 #34228B #8B2244 #798B22

square

#228B69 #34228B #8B2244 #798B22

split-complementary

#228B69 #8B2279 #8B3422

monochromatic

#0A291F #165A44 #228B69 #2EBC8E #53D5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#228B69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#228B69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B69

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B69	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888167

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A776B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.107 166.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae94',
    500: '#228b69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b69;
$custom-light: #6eae94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.571,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56984,
    "c": 0.10708,
    "h": 166.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B69

secondary

#B85072

accent

#4478E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F1

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B69

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

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