#228B70#228B70

#228B70 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.102 H 171.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B70
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 112)
HSL	hsl(165, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(165, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 19.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.81, -35.88, 6.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.81, 36.40, 170.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.18% -0.1005 0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(57.18% 0.102 171.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.8154, 19.9736, 18.5060)
Luminance	0.1998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B70 #8B223D

analogous

#228B3B #228B70 #22728B

triadic

#228B70 #70228B #8B7022

tetradic

#228B70 #3B228B #8B223D #728B22

square

#228B70 #3B228B #8B223D #728B22

split-complementary

#228B70 #8B2272 #8B3B22

monochromatic

#0A2921 #165A48 #228B70 #2EBC98 #53D5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#228B70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#228B70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B70

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B70	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87816F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.102 171.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ead99',
    500: '#228b70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b70;
$custom-light: #6ead99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.571,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57179,
    "c": 0.10173,
    "h": 171.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B70

secondary

#B8506B

accent

#446DE4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B70

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

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