#228B6B#228B6B

#228B6B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.105 H 167.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B6B
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 107)
HSL	hsl(162, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(162, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 23%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.68, -37.17, 8.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.68, 38.21, 166.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.04% -0.103 0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(57.04% 0.105 167.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.5447, 19.8654, 17.0803)
Luminance	0.1987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B6B #8B2242

analogous

#228B37 #228B6B #22778B

triadic

#228B6B #6B228B #8B6B22

tetradic

#228B6B #37228B #8B2242 #778B22

square

#228B6B #37228B #8B2242 #778B22

split-complementary

#228B6B #8B2277 #8B3722

monochromatic

#0A291F #165A45 #228B6B #2EBC91 #53D5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#228B6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#228B6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B6B

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B6B	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	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)

#878169

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A776D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.105 167.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ead95',
    500: '#228b6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b6b;
$custom-light: #6ead95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.714,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57038,
    "c": 0.10548,
    "h": 167.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B6B

secondary

#B85070

accent

#4475E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F1

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B6B

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

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