#228E6B#228E6B

#228E6B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.109 H 166.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E6B
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 107)
HSL	hsl(161, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(161, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 24.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.67, -38.48, 10.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.67, 39.81, 165.12°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% -0.1062 0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.109 166.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.9851, 20.7461, 17.2271)
Luminance	0.2075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E6B #8E2245

analogous

#228E35 #228E6B #227B8E

triadic

#228E6B #6B228E #8E6B22

tetradic

#228E6B #35228E #8E2245 #7B8E22

square

#228E6B #35228E #8E2245 #7B8E22

split-complementary

#228E6B #8E227B #8E3522

monochromatic

#0A2B21 #165D46 #228E6B #2EBF90 #54D6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#228E6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#228E6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E6B

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E6B	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8469

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7A6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.109 166.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb095',
    500: '#228e6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e6b;
$custom-light: #6fb095;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.556,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57847,
    "c": 0.10937,
    "h": 166.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E6B

secondary

#BA5274

accent

#4378E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F1

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E6B

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

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