#228C70#228C70

#228C70 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.103 H 170.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228C70
RGB	rgb(34, 140, 112)
HSL	hsl(164, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(164, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 0%, 20%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.14, -36.33, 6.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.14, 36.92, 169.71°)
OKLab	oklab(57.45% -0.1016 0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(57.45% 0.103 170.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.9609, 20.2646, 18.5545)
Luminance	0.2027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228C70 #8C223E

analogous

#228C3B #228C70 #22738C

triadic

#228C70 #70228C #8C7022

tetradic

#228C70 #3B228C #8C223E #738C22

square

#228C70 #3B228C #8C223E #738C22

split-complementary

#228C70 #8C2273 #8C3B22

monochromatic

#0A2A21 #165B49 #228C70 #2EBD97 #53D5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#228C70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#228C70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228C70

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228C70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228C70	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88826F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7872

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228c70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 140, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.103 170.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eae99',
    500: '#228c70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228c70;
$custom-light: #6eae99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228c70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.151,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57448,
    "c": 0.10296,
    "h": 170.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228C70

secondary

#B9516C

accent

#446EE4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228C70

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

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