#228C5E#228C5E

#228C5E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.118 H 159.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228C5E
RGB	rgb(34, 140, 94)
HSL	hsl(154, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(154, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 0%, 32.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.73, -40.70, 16.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.73, 43.85, 158.14°)
OKLab	oklab(56.98% -0.1106 0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(56.98% 0.118 159.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.0569, 19.9030, 13.7937)
Luminance	0.1990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228C5E #8C2250

analogous

#228C29 #228C5E #22858C

triadic

#228C5E #5E228C #8C5E22

tetradic

#228C5E #29228C #8C2250 #858C22

square

#228C5E #29228C #8C2250 #858C22

split-complementary

#228C5E #8C2285 #8C2922

monochromatic

#0A2A1C #165B3D #228C5E #2EBD7F #53D59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#228C5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#228C5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228C5E

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228C5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228C5E	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A815B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228c5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 140, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.118 159.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae8c',
    500: '#228c5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228c5e;
$custom-light: #6eae8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228c5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.962,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56978,
    "c": 0.11808,
    "h": 159.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228C5E

secondary

#B9517E

accent

#4489E4

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4F0

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100C

muted

#7B7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #228C5E

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

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