#228C81#228C81

#228C81 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.094 H 184.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#228C81
RGBrgb(34, 140, 129)
HSLhsl(174, 61%, 34%)
HSVhsv(174, 76%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(75.7%, 0%, 7.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(52.60, -31.63, -2.57)
CIE-LCHlch(52.60, 31.73, 184.65°)
OKLaboklab(57.98% -0.0932 -0.0075)
OKLCHoklch(57.98% 0.094 184.6)
XYZxyz(13.9983, 20.6795, 24.0184)
Luminance0.2068 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#228C81 #8C222D
analogous
#228C4C #228C81 #22628C
triadic
#228C81 #81228C #8C8122
tetradic
#228C81 #4C228C #8C222D #628C22
square
#228C81 #4C228C #8C222D #628C22
split-complementary
#228C81 #8C2262 #8C4C22
monochromatic
#0A2A26 #165B54 #228C81 #2EBDAE #53D5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09
#228C81 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14
#228C81 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228C81
5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##228C81#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##228C811.004.095.145.14
#FFFFFF4.091.0021.0021.00
#0000005.1421.001.001.00
##0000005.1421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#858481
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#767982
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008F88
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #228c81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 140, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.094 184.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6faea5',
    500: '#228c81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #228c81;
$custom-light: #6faea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#228c81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.774,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57978,
    "c": 0.09351,
    "h": 184.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#228C81
secondary
#B9515C
accent
#4454E4
background
#F7FAFA
surface
#EDF4F4
border
#C8CECE
text
#09100F
muted
#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

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#228C81 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva