#228B78#228B78

#228B78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.097 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B78
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 120)
HSL	hsl(169, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(169, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 13.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.02, -33.72, 1.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.02, 33.77, 176.95°)
OKLab	oklab(57.42% -0.0965 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(57.42% 0.097 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.2808, 20.1598, 20.9569)
Luminance	0.2016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B78 #8B2235

analogous

#228B44 #228B78 #226A8B

triadic

#228B78 #78228B #8B7822

tetradic

#228B78 #44228B #8B2235 #6A8B22

square

#228B78 #44228B #8B2235 #6A8B22

split-complementary

#228B78 #8B226A #8B4422

monochromatic

#0A2923 #165A4E #228B78 #2EBCA2 #53D5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#228B78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#228B78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B78

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B78	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858277

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.097 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fad9e',
    500: '#228b78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b78;
$custom-light: #6fad9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.143,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57421,
    "c": 0.09664,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B78

secondary

#B85063

accent

#4461E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B78

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

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