#228B7F#228B7F

#228B7F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.093 H 183.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B7F
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 127)
HSL	hsl(173, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(173, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 8.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.22, -31.74, -1.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.22, 31.80, 183.56°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% -0.0931 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.093 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.7212, 20.3360, 23.2766)
Luminance	0.2034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B7F #8B222E

analogous

#228B4B #228B7F #22638B

triadic

#228B7F #7F228B #8B7F22

tetradic

#228B7F #4B228B #8B222E #638B22

square

#228B7F #4B228B #8B222E #638B22

split-complementary

#228B7F #8B2263 #8B4B22

monochromatic

#0A2925 #165A52 #228B7F #2EBCAC #53D5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#228B7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#228B7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B7F

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B7F	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84837F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767880

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.093 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fada4',
    500: '#228b7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b7f;
$custom-light: #6fada4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.143,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57647,
    "c": 0.0933,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B7F

secondary

#B8505C

accent

#4456E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F3

border

#C8CECD

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B7F

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

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