#228B7B#228B7B

#228B7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.095 H 180.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B7B
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 123)
HSL	hsl(171, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(171, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 11.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.10, -32.88, 0.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.10, 32.88, 179.69°)
OKLab	oklab(57.52% -0.0951 -0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(57.52% 0.095 180)
XYZ	xyz(13.4657, 20.2338, 21.9309)
Luminance	0.2024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B7B #8B2232

analogous

#228B47 #228B7B #22678B

triadic

#228B7B #7B228B #8B7B22

tetradic

#228B7B #47228B #8B2232 #678B22

square

#228B7B #47228B #8B2232 #678B22

split-complementary

#228B7B #8B2267 #8B4722

monochromatic

#0A2924 #165A4F #228B7B #2EBCA7 #53D5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#228B7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#228B7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B7B

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B7B	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85827A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77787C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.095 180.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fada1',
    500: '#228b7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b7b;
$custom-light: #6fada1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.857,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57516,
    "c": 0.09507,
    "h": 180
  },
  "luminance": 0.20235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B7B

secondary

#B85060

accent

#445CE4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B7B

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

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