#228B81#228B81

#228B81 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.093 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B81
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 129)
HSL	hsl(174, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(174, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 7.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.27, -31.15, -3.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.27, 31.30, 185.59°)
OKLab	oklab(57.72% -0.0922 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(57.72% 0.093 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.8529, 20.3886, 23.9699)
Luminance	0.2039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B81 #8B222C

analogous

#228B4D #228B81 #22618B

triadic

#228B81 #81228B #8B8122

tetradic

#228B81 #4D228B #8B222C #618B22

square

#228B81 #4D228B #8B222C #618B22

split-complementary

#228B81 #8B2261 #8B4D22

monochromatic

#0A2926 #165A53 #228B81 #2EBCAF #53D5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#228B81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#228B81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B81

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B81	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757882

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.093 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fada5',
    500: '#228b81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b81;
$custom-light: #6fada5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.286,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57715,
    "c": 0.09257,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B81

secondary

#B8505A

accent

#4453E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B81

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

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