#228D7E#228D7E

#228D7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.096 H 181.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228D7E
RGB	rgb(34, 141, 126)
HSL	hsl(172, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(172, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 0%, 10.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.83, -32.96, -0.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.83, 32.97, 180.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.14% -0.0957 -0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(58.14% 0.096 181.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.9486, 20.8945, 23.0325)
Luminance	0.2090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228D7E #8D2231

analogous

#228D49 #228D7E #22678D

triadic

#228D7E #7E228D #8D7E22

tetradic

#228D7E #49228D #8D2231 #678D22

square

#228D7E #49228D #8D2231 #678D22

split-complementary

#228D7E #8D2267 #8D4922

monochromatic

#0A2A26 #165C52 #228D7E #2EBEAA #54D6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#228D7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#228D7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228D7E

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228D7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228D7E	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86847D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787A7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 141, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.096 181.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fafa3',
    500: '#228d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228d7e;
$custom-light: #6fafa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.589,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58143,
    "c": 0.09573,
    "h": 181.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228D7E

secondary

#B95160

accent

#445AE4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F3

border

#C8CECD

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228D7E

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

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