#228B73#228B73

#228B73 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.100 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B73
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 115)
HSL	hsl(166, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(166, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 17.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.88, -35.09, 4.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.88, 35.37, 172.69°)
OKLab	oklab(57.27% -0.099 0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(57.27% 0.1 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.9852, 20.0416, 19.4004)
Luminance	0.2004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B73 #8B223A

analogous

#228B3F #228B73 #226F8B

triadic

#228B73 #73228B #8B7322

tetradic

#228B73 #3F228B #8B223A #6F8B22

square

#228B73 #3F228B #8B223A #6F8B22

split-complementary

#228B73 #8B226F #8B3F22

monochromatic

#0A2922 #165A4A #228B73 #2EBC9C #53D5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#228B73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#228B73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B73

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B73	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.100 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ead9b',
    500: '#228b73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b73;
$custom-light: #6ead9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.286,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57267,
    "c": 0.09968,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B73

secondary

#B85068

accent

#4469E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B73

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

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