#228C80#228C80

#228C80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.094 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228C80
RGB	rgb(34, 140, 128)
HSL	hsl(173, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(173, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 0%, 8.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.57, -31.92, -2.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.57, 31.98, 183.65°)
OKLab	oklab(57.95% -0.0937 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(57.95% 0.094 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.9322, 20.6531, 23.6701)
Luminance	0.2066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228C80 #8C222E

analogous

#228C4B #228C80 #22638C

triadic

#228C80 #80228C #8C8022

tetradic

#228C80 #4B228C #8C222E #638C22

square

#228C80 #4B228C #8C222E #638C22

split-complementary

#228C80 #8C2263 #8C4B22

monochromatic

#0A2A26 #165B53 #228C80 #2EBDAD #53D5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#228C80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#228C80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228C80

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228C80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228C80	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	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)

#858480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767981

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228c80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 140, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.094 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6faea4',
    500: '#228c80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228c80;
$custom-light: #6faea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228c80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.208,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57945,
    "c": 0.09388,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228C80

secondary

#B9515D

accent

#4456E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228C80

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

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