#228C7E#228C7E

#228C7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.095 H 181.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228C7E
RGB	rgb(34, 140, 126)
HSL	hsl(172, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(172, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 0%, 10%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.51, -32.49, -0.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.51, 32.51, 181.70°)
OKLab	oklab(57.88% -0.0947 -0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(57.88% 0.095 181.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.8018, 20.6009, 22.9836)
Luminance	0.2060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228C7E #8C2230

analogous

#228C49 #228C7E #22658C

triadic

#228C7E #7E228C #8C7E22

tetradic

#228C7E #49228C #8C2230 #658C22

square

#228C7E #49228C #8C2230 #658C22

split-complementary

#228C7E #8C2265 #8C4922

monochromatic

#0A2A25 #165B52 #228C7E #2EBDAA #53D5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#228C7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#228C7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228C7E

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228C7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228C7E	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85837D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77797F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228c7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 140, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.095 181.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6faea3',
    500: '#228c7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228c7e;
$custom-light: #6faea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228c7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.075,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57878,
    "c": 0.09471,
    "h": 181.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228C7E

secondary

#B9515F

accent

#4459E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F3

border

#C8CECD

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228C7E

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

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