#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
RGBrgb(34, 139, 107)
HSLhsl(162, 61%, 34%)
HSVhsv(162, 76%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(75.5%, 0%, 23%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(51.68, -37.17, 8.83)
CIE-LCHlch(51.68, 38.21, 166.63°)
OKLaboklab(57.04% -0.103 0.0226)
OKLCHoklch(57.04% 0.105 167.6)
XYZxyz(12.5447, 19.8654, 17.0803)
Luminance0.1987 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##228B6B1.004.224.974.97
#FFFFFF4.221.0021.0021.00
#0000004.9721.001.001.00
##0000004.9721.001.001.00

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

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#228B6B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva