#228B6F#228B6F

#228B6F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.102 H 170.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B6F
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 111)
HSL	hsl(164, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(164, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 20.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.78, -36.15, 6.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.78, 36.75, 169.55°)
OKLab	oklab(57.15% -0.101 0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(57.15% 0.102 170.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.7600, 19.9515, 18.2144)
Luminance	0.1995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B6F #8B223E

analogous

#228B3B #228B6F #22738B

triadic

#228B6F #6F228B #8B6F22

tetradic

#228B6F #3B228B #8B223E #738B22

square

#228B6F #3B228B #8B223E #738B22

split-complementary

#228B6F #8B2273 #8B3B22

monochromatic

#0A2920 #165A48 #228B6F #2EBC96 #53D5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#228B6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#228B6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B6F

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B6F	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87816E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.102 170.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ead98',
    500: '#228b6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b6f;
$custom-light: #6ead98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5715,
    "c": 0.10245,
    "h": 170.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B6F

secondary

#B8506C

accent

#446FE4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B6F

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

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