#228E60#228E60

#228E60 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.119 H 159.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E60
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 96)
HSL	hsl(154, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(154, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 32.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.43, -41.08, 16.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.43, 44.14, 158.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.57% -0.1117 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(57.57% 0.119 159.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.4427, 20.5291, 14.3708)
Luminance	0.2053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E60 #8E2250

analogous

#228E2A #228E60 #22868E

triadic

#228E60 #60228E #8E6022

tetradic

#228E60 #2A228E #8E2250 #868E22

square

#228E60 #2A228E #8E2250 #868E22

split-complementary

#228E60 #8E2286 #8E2A22

monochromatic

#0A2B1D #165D3F #228E60 #2EBF81 #54D69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#228E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#228E60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E60

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E60	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C835D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.119 159.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eb08d',
    500: '#228e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e60;
$custom-light: #6eb08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.444,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5757,
    "c": 0.11897,
    "h": 159.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E60

secondary

#BA527E

accent

#4388E4

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5F0

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08100C

muted

#7B7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E60

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

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