#228B74#228B74

#228B74 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.099 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B74
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 116)
HSL	hsl(167, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(167, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 16.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.91, -34.82, 3.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.91, 35.04, 173.51°)
OKLab	oklab(57.3% -0.0985 0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(57.3% 0.099 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.0431, 20.0647, 19.7051)
Luminance	0.2007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B74 #8B2239

analogous

#228B40 #228B74 #226E8B

triadic

#228B74 #74228B #8B7422

tetradic

#228B74 #40228B #8B2239 #6E8B22

square

#228B74 #40228B #8B2239 #6E8B22

split-complementary

#228B74 #8B226E #8B4022

monochromatic

#0A2922 #165A4B #228B74 #2EBC9D #53D5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#228B74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#228B74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B74

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B74	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)

#868273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.099 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ead9c',
    500: '#228b74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b74;
$custom-light: #6ead9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.857,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57297,
    "c": 0.09903,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B74

secondary

#B85067

accent

#4467E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B74

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

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