#228C57#228C57

#228C57 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.125 H 156.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228C57
RGB	rgb(34, 140, 87)
HSL	hsl(150, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(150, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 0%, 37.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.59, -42.21, 20.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.59, 46.75, 154.56°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% -0.1141 0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.125 156.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.7569, 19.7830, 12.2139)
Luminance	0.1978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228C57 #8C2257

analogous

#228C22 #228C57 #228C8C

triadic

#228C57 #57228C #8C5722

tetradic

#228C57 #22228C #8C2257 #8C8C22

square

#228C57 #22228C #8C2257 #8C8C22

split-complementary

#228C57 #8C228C #8C2222

monochromatic

#0A2A1A #165B38 #228C57 #2EBD76 #53D594

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#228C57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#228C57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228C57

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228C57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228C57	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E775A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228c57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 140, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.125 156.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae87',
    500: '#228c57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228c57;
$custom-light: #6eae87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228c57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56821,
    "c": 0.12469,
    "h": 156.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228C57

secondary

#B95185

accent

#4494E4

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4EF

border

#C8CECA

text

#08100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #228C57

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

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