#228C59#228C59

#228C59 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.123 H 157.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228C59
RGB	rgb(34, 140, 89)
HSL	hsl(151, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(151, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 0%, 36.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.63, -41.79, 19.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.63, 45.91, 155.54°)
OKLab	oklab(56.87% -0.1131 0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(56.87% 0.123 157.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.8398, 19.8161, 12.6502)
Luminance	0.1982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228C59 #8C2255

analogous

#228C24 #228C59 #228A8C

triadic

#228C59 #59228C #8C5922

tetradic

#228C59 #24228C #8C2255 #8A8C22

square

#228C59 #24228C #8C2255 #8A8C22

split-complementary

#228C59 #8C228A #8C2422

monochromatic

#0A2A1A #165B3A #228C59 #2EBD78 #53D597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#228C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#228C59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228C59

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228C59	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	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)

#8B8156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E775C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 140, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.123 157.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae88',
    500: '#228c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228c59;
$custom-light: #6eae88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.132,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56865,
    "c": 0.12278,
    "h": 157.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228C59

secondary

#B95183

accent

#4491E4

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4EF

border

#C8CECA

text

#08100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #228C59

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

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