#228E59#228E59

#228E59 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.126 H 156.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E59
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 89)
HSL	hsl(151, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(151, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 37.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.29, -42.60, 19.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.29, 47.02, 154.96°)
OKLab	oklab(57.41% -0.1152 0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(57.41% 0.126 156.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.1347, 20.4059, 12.7485)
Luminance	0.2041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E59 #8E2257

analogous

#228E23 #228E59 #228D8E

triadic

#228E59 #59228E #8E5922

tetradic

#228E59 #23228E #8E2257 #8D8E22

square

#228E59 #23228E #8E2257 #8D8E22

split-complementary

#228E59 #8E228D #8E2322

monochromatic

#0A2B1B #165D3A #228E59 #2EBF78 #54D696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#228E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#228E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E59

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E59	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80795C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.126 156.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eb088',
    500: '#228e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e59;
$custom-light: #6eb088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.556,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57412,
    "c": 0.12553,
    "h": 156.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E59

secondary

#BA5285

accent

#4392E4

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5F0

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E59

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

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