#228B7A#228B7A

#228B7A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.096 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B7A
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 122)
HSL	hsl(170, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(170, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 12.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.07, -33.16, 0.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.07, 33.17, 178.76°)
OKLab	oklab(57.48% -0.0956 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(57.48% 0.096 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.4034, 20.2089, 21.6029)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B7A #8B2233

analogous

#228B46 #228B7A #22688B

triadic

#228B7A #7A228B #8B7A22

tetradic

#228B7A #46228B #8B2233 #688B22

square

#228B7A #46228B #8B2233 #688B22

split-complementary

#228B7A #8B2268 #8B4622

monochromatic

#0A2924 #165A4F #228B7A #2EBCA5 #53D5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#228B7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#228B7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B7A

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B7A	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)

#858279

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77787B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.096 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fada0',
    500: '#228b7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b7a;
$custom-light: #6fada0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.286,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57484,
    "c": 0.09557,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B7A

secondary

#B85061

accent

#445EE4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B7A

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

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