#228B79#228B79

#228B79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.096 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B79
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 121)
HSL	hsl(170, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(170, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 12.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.04, -33.44, 1.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.04, 33.47, 177.85°)
OKLab	oklab(57.45% -0.096 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(57.45% 0.096 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.3418, 20.1842, 21.2782)
Luminance	0.2019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B79 #8B2234

analogous

#228B45 #228B79 #22698B

triadic

#228B79 #79228B #8B7922

tetradic

#228B79 #45228B #8B2234 #698B22

square

#228B79 #45228B #8B2234 #698B22

split-complementary

#228B79 #8B2269 #8B4522

monochromatic

#0A2923 #165A4E #228B79 #2EBCA4 #53D5BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#228B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#228B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B79

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B79	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77787A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.096 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fad9f',
    500: '#228b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b79;
$custom-light: #6fad9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.714,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57452,
    "c": 0.09609,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B79

secondary

#B85062

accent

#445FE4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B79

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

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