#228D59#228D59

#228D59 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.124 H 156.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228D59
RGB	rgb(34, 141, 89)
HSL	hsl(151, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(151, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 0%, 36.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.96, -42.20, 19.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.96, 46.47, 155.24°)
OKLab	oklab(57.14% -0.1141 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(57.14% 0.124 156.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.9866, 20.1097, 12.6991)
Luminance	0.2011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228D59 #8D2256

analogous

#228D23 #228D59 #228C8D

triadic

#228D59 #59228D #8D5922

tetradic

#228D59 #23228D #8D2256 #8C8D22

square

#228D59 #23228D #8D2256 #8C8D22

split-complementary

#228D59 #8D228C #8D2322

monochromatic

#0A2A1B #165C3A #228D59 #2EBE78 #54D697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#228D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#228D59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228D59

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228D59	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F785C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 141, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.124 156.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eaf88',
    500: '#228d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228d59;
$custom-light: #6eaf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.841,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57138,
    "c": 0.12416,
    "h": 156.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228D59

secondary

#B95184

accent

#4492E4

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5EF

border

#C8CFCA

text

#08100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #228D59

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

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