#228B6D#228B6D

#228B6D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.104 H 169.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B6D
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 109)
HSL	hsl(163, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(163, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 21.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.73, -36.66, 7.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.73, 37.47, 168.06°)
OKLab	oklab(57.09% -0.102 0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(57.09% 0.104 169)
XYZ	xyz(12.6511, 19.9079, 17.6409)
Luminance	0.1991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B6D #8B2240

analogous

#228B39 #228B6D #22758B

triadic

#228B6D #6D228B #8B6D22

tetradic

#228B6D #39228B #8B2240 #758B22

square

#228B6D #39228B #8B2240 #758B22

split-complementary

#228B6D #8B2275 #8B3922

monochromatic

#0A2920 #165A46 #228B6D #2EBC94 #53D5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#228B6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#228B6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B6D

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B6D	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87816B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A776F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.104 169.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ead96',
    500: '#228b6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b6d;
$custom-light: #6ead96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57094,
    "c": 0.10393,
    "h": 169
  },
  "luminance": 0.19909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B6D

secondary

#B8506E

accent

#4472E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B6D

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

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