#228E5E#228E5E

#228E5E is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.121 H 158.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#228E5E
RGBrgb(34, 142, 94)
HSLhsl(153, 61%, 35%)
HSVhsv(153, 76%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(76.1%, 0%, 33.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(52.39, -41.52, 17.23)
CIE-LCHlch(52.39, 44.96, 157.47°)
OKLaboklab(57.52% -0.1127 0.0435)
OKLCHoklch(57.52% 0.121 158.9)
XYZxyz(12.3518, 20.4928, 13.8920)
Luminance0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#228E5E #8E2252
analogous
#228E28 #228E5E #22888E
triadic
#228E5E #5E228E #8E5E22
tetradic
#228E5E #28228E #8E2252 #888E22
square
#228E5E #28228E #8E2252 #888E22
split-complementary
#228E5E #8E2288 #8E2822
monochromatic
#0A2B1D #165D3D #228E5E #2EBF7F #54D69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12
#228E5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10
#228E5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E5E
5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##228E5E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##228E5E1.004.125.105.10
#FFFFFF4.121.0021.0021.00
#0000005.1021.001.001.00
##0000005.1021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8C835B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7F7961
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008D81
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #228e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.121 158.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eb08c',
    500: '#228e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #228e5e;
$custom-light: #6eb08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#228e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.333,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57524,
    "c": 0.12081,
    "h": 158.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#228E5E
secondary
#BA5280
accent
#438BE4
background
#F7FAF8
surface
#EDF5F0
border
#C8CFCB
text
#08100C
muted
#7B7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E5E

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#228E5E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva