#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
RGB	rgb(34, 140, 129)
HSL	hsl(174, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(174, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 0%, 7.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.60, -31.63, -2.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.60, 31.73, 184.65°)
OKLab	oklab(57.98% -0.0932 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(57.98% 0.094 184.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.9983, 20.6795, 24.0184)
Luminance	0.2068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##228C81	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #228C81

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

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