#228D81#228D81

#228D81 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.094 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228D81
RGB	rgb(34, 141, 129)
HSL	hsl(173, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(173, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 0%, 8.5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.92, -32.10, -2.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.92, 32.17, 183.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.24% -0.0943 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(58.24% 0.094 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.1451, 20.9731, 24.0673)
Luminance	0.2097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228D81 #8D222E

analogous

#228D4C #228D81 #22648D

triadic

#228D81 #81228D #8D8122

tetradic

#228D81 #4C228D #8D222E #648D22

square

#228D81 #4C228D #8D222E #648D22

split-complementary

#228D81 #8D2264 #8D4C22

monochromatic

#0A2A27 #165C54 #228D81 #2EBEAE #54D6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#228D81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#228D81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228D81

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228D81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228D81	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777A82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228d81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 141, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.094 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa5',
    500: '#228d81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228d81;
$custom-light: #70afa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228d81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.271,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58241,
    "c": 0.09446,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228D81

secondary

#B9515D

accent

#4456E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228D81

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

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