#228E6C#228E6C

#228E6C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.109 H 166.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E6C
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 108)
HSL	hsl(161, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(161, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 23.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.69, -38.23, 9.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.69, 39.44, 165.78°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% -0.1057 0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.109 166.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.0380, 20.7672, 17.5058)
Luminance	0.2077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E6C #8E2244

analogous

#228E36 #228E6C #227A8E

triadic

#228E6C #6C228E #8E6C22

tetradic

#228E6C #36228E #8E2244 #7A8E22

square

#228E6C #36228E #8E2244 #7A8E22

split-complementary

#228E6C #8E227A #8E3622

monochromatic

#0A2B21 #165D46 #228E6C #2EBF92 #54D6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#228E6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#228E6C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E6C

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E6C	1.00	4.07	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.07	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)

#8B846A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7A6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.109 166.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb096',
    500: '#228e6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e6c;
$custom-light: #6fb096;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.111,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57874,
    "c": 0.10856,
    "h": 166.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E6C

secondary

#BA5273

accent

#4376E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F1

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E6C

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

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