#228C7F#228C7F

#228C7F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.094 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228C7F
RGB	rgb(34, 140, 127)
HSL	hsl(173, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(173, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 0%, 9.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.54, -32.21, -1.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.54, 32.24, 182.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.91% -0.0942 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(57.91% 0.094 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.8667, 20.6269, 23.3251)
Luminance	0.2063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228C7F #8C222F

analogous

#228C4A #228C7F #22648C

triadic

#228C7F #7F228C #8C7F22

tetradic

#228C7F #4A228C #8C222F #648C22

square

#228C7F #4A228C #8C222F #648C22

split-complementary

#228C7F #8C2264 #8C4A22

monochromatic

#0A2A26 #165B52 #228C7F #2EBDAC #53D5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#228C7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#228C7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228C7F

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228C7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228C7F	1.00	4.10	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85847F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228c7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 140, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.094 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6faea4',
    500: '#228c7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228c7f;
$custom-light: #6faea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228c7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.642,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57911,
    "c": 0.09429,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228C7F

secondary

#B9515E

accent

#4457E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F3

border

#C8CECD

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228C7F

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

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