#228B7C#228B7C

#228B7C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.095 H 180.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B7C
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 124)
HSL	hsl(171, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(171, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 10.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.13, -32.60, -0.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.13, 32.60, 180.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.55% -0.0946 -0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(57.55% 0.095 180.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.5286, 20.2589, 22.2622)
Luminance	0.2026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B7C #8B2231

analogous

#228B48 #228B7C #22668B

triadic

#228B7C #7C228B #8B7C22

tetradic

#228B7C #48228B #8B2231 #668B22

square

#228B7C #48228B #8B2231 #668B22

split-complementary

#228B7C #8B2266 #8B4822

monochromatic

#0A2924 #165A50 #228B7C #2EBCA8 #53D5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#228B7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#228B7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B7C

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B7C	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)

#85827B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76787D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.095 180.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fada1',
    500: '#228b7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b7c;
$custom-light: #6fada1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57548,
    "c": 0.09459,
    "h": 180.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B7C

secondary

#B8505F

accent

#445BE4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B7C

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

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