#228C77#228C77

#228C77 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.098 H 176.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228C77
RGB	rgb(34, 140, 119)
HSL	hsl(168, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(168, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 0%, 15%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.32, -34.46, 2.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.32, 34.57, 175.34°)
OKLab	oklab(57.66% -0.0981 0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(57.66% 0.098 176)
XYZ	xyz(13.3659, 20.4266, 20.6875)
Luminance	0.2043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228C77 #8C2237

analogous

#228C42 #228C77 #226C8C

triadic

#228C77 #77228C #8C7722

tetradic

#228C77 #42228C #8C2237 #6C8C22

square

#228C77 #42228C #8C2237 #6C8C22

split-complementary

#228C77 #8C226C #8C4222

monochromatic

#0A2A23 #165B4D #228C77 #2EBDA1 #53D5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#228C77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#228C77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228C77

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228C77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228C77	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878376

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228c77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 140, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.098 176.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fae9e',
    500: '#228c77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228c77;
$custom-light: #6fae9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228c77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.113,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57656,
    "c": 0.09834,
    "h": 176
  },
  "luminance": 0.20428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228C77

secondary

#B95165

accent

#4464E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228C77

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

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