#228C78#228C78

#228C78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.098 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228C78
RGB	rgb(34, 140, 120)
HSL	hsl(169, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(169, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 0%, 14.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.34, -34.18, 2.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.34, 34.26, 176.20°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% -0.0976 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.098 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.4262, 20.4507, 21.0054)
Luminance	0.2045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228C78 #8C2236

analogous

#228C43 #228C78 #226B8C

triadic

#228C78 #78228C #8C7822

tetradic

#228C78 #43228C #8C2236 #6B8C22

square

#228C78 #43228C #8C2236 #6B8C22

split-complementary

#228C78 #8C226B #8C4322

monochromatic

#0A2A24 #165B4E #228C78 #2EBDA2 #53D5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#228C78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#228C78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228C78

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228C78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228C78	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)

#868377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78797A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228c78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 140, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.098 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fae9e',
    500: '#228c78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228c78;
$custom-light: #6fae9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228c78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.679,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57687,
    "c": 0.09775,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228C78

secondary

#B95164

accent

#4462E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228C78

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

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