#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
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 94)
HSL	hsl(153, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(153, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 33.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.39, -41.52, 17.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.39, 44.96, 157.47°)
OKLab	oklab(57.52% -0.1127 0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(57.52% 0.121 158.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.3518, 20.4928, 13.8920)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##228E5E	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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