#228C79#228C79

#228C79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.097 H 177.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228C79
RGB	rgb(34, 140, 121)
HSL	hsl(169, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(169, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 0%, 13.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.37, -33.90, 1.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.37, 33.95, 177.08°)
OKLab	oklab(57.72% -0.0971 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(57.72% 0.097 177.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.4872, 20.4751, 21.3267)
Luminance	0.2048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228C79 #8C2235

analogous

#228C44 #228C79 #226A8C

triadic

#228C79 #79228C #8C7922

tetradic

#228C79 #44228C #8C2235 #6A8C22

square

#228C79 #44228C #8C2235 #6A8C22

split-complementary

#228C79 #8C226A #8C4422

monochromatic

#0A2A24 #165B4E #228C79 #2EBDA4 #53D5BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#228C79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#228C79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228C79

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228C79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228C79	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868378

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78797A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228c79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 140, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.097 177.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fae9f',
    500: '#228c79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228c79;
$custom-light: #6fae9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228c79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.245,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57718,
    "c": 0.09719,
    "h": 177.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228C79

secondary

#B95163

accent

#4460E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228C79

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

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