#228E62#228E62

#228E62 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.117 H 160.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E62
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 98)
HSL	hsl(156, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(156, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 31%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.47, -40.62, 15.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.47, 43.33, 159.64°)
OKLab	oklab(57.62% -0.1107 0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(57.62% 0.117 160.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.5360, 20.5664, 14.8619)
Luminance	0.2057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E62 #8E224E

analogous

#228E2C #228E62 #22848E

triadic

#228E62 #62228E #8E6222

tetradic

#228E62 #2C228E #8E224E #848E22

square

#228E62 #2C228E #8E224E #848E22

split-complementary

#228E62 #8E2284 #8E2C22

monochromatic

#0A2B1E #165D40 #228E62 #2EBF84 #54D6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#228E62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#228E62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E62

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E62	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)

#8C835F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.117 160.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eb08e',
    500: '#228e62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e62;
$custom-light: #6eb08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.556,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57618,
    "c": 0.11714,
    "h": 160.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E62

secondary

#BA527C

accent

#4385E4

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5F0

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08100C

muted

#7B7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E62

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

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