#228D7B#228D7B

#228D7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.097 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228D7B
RGB	rgb(34, 141, 123)
HSL	hsl(170, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(170, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 0%, 12.8%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.75, -33.81, 1.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.75, 33.83, 178.09°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% -0.0972 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.097 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.7579, 20.8182, 22.0283)
Luminance	0.2082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228D7B #8D2234

analogous

#228D46 #228D7B #226A8D

triadic

#228D7B #7B228D #8D7B22

tetradic

#228D7B #46228D #8D2234 #6A8D22

square

#228D7B #46228D #8D2234 #6A8D22

split-complementary

#228D7B #8D226A #8D4622

monochromatic

#0A2A25 #165C50 #228D7B #2EBEA6 #54D6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#228D7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#228D7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228D7B

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228D7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228D7B	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87847A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228d7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 141, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.097 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fafa1',
    500: '#228d7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228d7b;
$custom-light: #6fafa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228d7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.907,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58046,
    "c": 0.09721,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228D7B

secondary

#B95163

accent

#445FE4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228D7B

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

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