#228B7D#228B7D

#228B7D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.094 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B7D
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 125)
HSL	hsl(172, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(172, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 10.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.16, -32.31, -0.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.16, 32.32, 181.59°)
OKLab	oklab(57.58% -0.0941 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(57.58% 0.094 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.5922, 20.2844, 22.5970)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B7D #8B2230

analogous

#228B49 #228B7D #22658B

triadic

#228B7D #7D228B #8B7D22

tetradic

#228B7D #49228B #8B2230 #658B22

square

#228B7D #49228B #8B2230 #658B22

split-complementary

#228B7D #8B2265 #8B4922

monochromatic

#0A2925 #165A51 #228B7D #2EBCA9 #53D5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#228B7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#228B7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B7D

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B7D	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84837C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76787E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.094 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fada2',
    500: '#228b7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b7d;
$custom-light: #6fada2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57581,
    "c": 0.09414,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B7D

secondary

#B8505E

accent

#4459E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B7D

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

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