#228B6E#228B6E

#228B6E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.103 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#228B6E
RGBrgb(34, 139, 110)
HSLhsl(163, 61%, 34%)
HSVhsv(163, 76%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(75.5%, 0%, 20.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(51.76, -36.40, 7.21)
CIE-LCHlch(51.76, 37.11, 168.80°)
OKLaboklab(57.12% -0.1015 0.0184)
OKLCHoklch(57.12% 0.103 169.7)
XYZxyz(12.7053, 19.9296, 17.9260)
Luminance0.1993 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#228B6E #8B223F
analogous
#228B3A #228B6E #22748B
triadic
#228B6E #6E228B #8B6E22
tetradic
#228B6E #3A228B #8B223F #748B22
square
#228B6E #3A228B #8B223F #748B22
split-complementary
#228B6E #8B2274 #8B3A22
monochromatic
#0A2920 #165A47 #228B6E #2EBC95 #53D5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21
#228B6E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99
#228B6E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B6E
4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##228B6E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##228B6E1.004.214.994.99
#FFFFFF4.211.0021.0021.00
#0000004.9921.001.001.00
##0000004.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#87816D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#797770
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008C83
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #228b6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.103 169.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ead97',
    500: '#228b6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #228b6e;
$custom-light: #6ead97;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#228b6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.429,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57122,
    "c": 0.10318,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#228B6E
secondary
#B8506D
accent
#4470E4
background
#F7FAF9
surface
#EDF4F2
border
#C8CECC
text
#08100D
muted
#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B6E

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#228B6E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva