#228D79#228D79

#228D79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.098 H 176.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228D79
RGB	rgb(34, 141, 121)
HSL	hsl(169, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(169, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 0%, 14.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.70, -34.36, 2.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.70, 34.43, 176.33°)
OKLab	oklab(57.98% -0.0982 0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(57.98% 0.098 176.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.6340, 20.7687, 21.3756)
Luminance	0.2077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228D79 #8D2236

analogous

#228D44 #228D79 #226C8D

triadic

#228D79 #79228D #8D7922

tetradic

#228D79 #44228D #8D2236 #6C8D22

square

#228D79 #44228D #8D2236 #6C8D22

split-complementary

#228D79 #8D226C #8D4422

monochromatic

#0A2A24 #165C4F #228D79 #2EBEA3 #54D6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#228D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#228D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228D79

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228D79	1.00	4.07	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.07	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)

#878478

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79797B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 141, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.098 176.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6faf9f',
    500: '#228d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228d79;
$custom-light: #6faf9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.785,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57984,
    "c": 0.0983,
    "h": 176.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228D79

secondary

#B95165

accent

#4462E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228D79

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

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