#228B7E#228B7E

#228B7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.094 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B7E
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 126)
HSL	hsl(173, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(173, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 9.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.19, -32.02, -1.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.19, 32.06, 182.57°)
OKLab	oklab(57.61% -0.0936 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(57.61% 0.094 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.6564, 20.3100, 22.9351)
Luminance	0.2031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B7E #8B222F

analogous

#228B4A #228B7E #22648B

triadic

#228B7E #7E228B #8B7E22

tetradic

#228B7E #4A228B #8B222F #648B22

square

#228B7E #4A228B #8B222F #648B22

split-complementary

#228B7E #8B2264 #8B4A22

monochromatic

#0A2925 #165A51 #228B7E #2EBCAB #53D5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#228B7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#228B7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B7E

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B7E	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)

#84837E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76787F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.094 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fada3',
    500: '#228b7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b7e;
$custom-light: #6fada3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.571,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57614,
    "c": 0.09371,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B7E

secondary

#B8505D

accent

#4458E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F3

border

#C8CECD

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B7E

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

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