#228D78#228D78

#228D78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.099 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228D78
RGB	rgb(34, 141, 120)
HSL	hsl(168, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(168, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 0%, 14.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.67, -34.64, 2.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.67, 34.75, 175.48°)
OKLab	oklab(57.95% -0.0987 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(57.95% 0.099 176.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.5730, 20.7443, 21.0544)
Luminance	0.2075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228D78 #8D2237

analogous

#228D42 #228D78 #226D8D

triadic

#228D78 #78228D #8D7822

tetradic

#228D78 #42228D #8D2237 #6D8D22

square

#228D78 #42228D #8D2237 #6D8D22

split-complementary

#228D78 #8D226D #8D4222

monochromatic

#0A2A24 #165C4E #228D78 #2EBEA2 #54D6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#228D78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#228D78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228D78

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228D78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228D78	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79797A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228d78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 141, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.099 176.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6faf9e',
    500: '#228d78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228d78;
$custom-light: #6faf9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228d78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.224,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57953,
    "c": 0.09889,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228D78

secondary

#B95166

accent

#4463E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228D78

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

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