#228C7A#228C7A

#228C7A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.097 H 178.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228C7A
RGB	rgb(34, 140, 122)
HSL	hsl(170, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(170, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 0%, 12.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.40, -33.63, 1.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.40, 33.65, 177.97°)
OKLab	oklab(57.75% -0.0966 0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(57.75% 0.097 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.5489, 20.4998, 21.6514)
Luminance	0.2050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228C7A #8C2234

analogous

#228C45 #228C7A #22698C

triadic

#228C7A #7A228C #8C7A22

tetradic

#228C7A #45228C #8C2234 #698C22

square

#228C7A #45228C #8C2234 #698C22

split-complementary

#228C7A #8C2269 #8C4522

monochromatic

#0A2A24 #165B4F #228C7A #2EBDA5 #53D5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#228C7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#228C7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228C7A

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228C7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228C7A	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)

#868379

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78797B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228c7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 140, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.097 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6faea0',
    500: '#228c7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228c7a;
$custom-light: #6faea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228c7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.811,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57749,
    "c": 0.09666,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228C7A

secondary

#B95163

accent

#445FE4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228C7A

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

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