#228C74#228C74

#228C74 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.100 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228C74
RGB	rgb(34, 140, 116)
HSL	hsl(166, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(166, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 0%, 17.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.24, -35.27, 4.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.24, 35.55, 172.84°)
OKLab	oklab(57.57% -0.0996 0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(57.57% 0.1 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.1885, 20.3556, 19.7536)
Luminance	0.2036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228C74 #8C223A

analogous

#228C3F #228C74 #226F8C

triadic

#228C74 #74228C #8C7422

tetradic

#228C74 #3F228C #8C223A #6F8C22

square

#228C74 #3F228C #8C223A #6F8C22

split-complementary

#228C74 #8C226F #8C3F22

monochromatic

#0A2A22 #165B4B #228C74 #2EBD9D #53D5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#228C74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#228C74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228C74

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228C74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228C74	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878373

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228c74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 140, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.100 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fae9c',
    500: '#228c74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228c74;
$custom-light: #6fae9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228c74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.415,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57565,
    "c": 0.10021,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228C74

secondary

#B95168

accent

#4468E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228C74

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

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