#228B80#228B80

#228B80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.093 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B80
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 128)
HSL	hsl(174, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(174, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 7.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.24, -31.45, -2.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.24, 31.55, 184.57°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% -0.0926 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.093 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.7867, 20.3622, 23.6216)
Luminance	0.2036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B80 #8B222D

analogous

#228B4C #228B80 #22628B

triadic

#228B80 #80228B #8B8022

tetradic

#228B80 #4C228B #8B222D #628B22

square

#228B80 #4C228B #8B222D #628B22

split-complementary

#228B80 #8B2262 #8B4C22

monochromatic

#0A2925 #165A53 #228B80 #2EBCAD #53D5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#228B80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#228B80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B80

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B80	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)

#848380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757881

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.093 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fada4',
    500: '#228b80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b80;
$custom-light: #6fada4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.714,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57681,
    "c": 0.09293,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B80

secondary

#B8505B

accent

#4455E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B80

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

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