#228E6E#228E6E

#228E6E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.107 H 168.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E6E
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 110)
HSL	hsl(162, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(162, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 22.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.74, -37.73, 8.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.74, 38.69, 167.15°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% -0.1047 0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.107 168.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.1456, 20.8103, 18.0728)
Luminance	0.2081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E6E #8E2242

analogous

#228E38 #228E6E #22788E

triadic

#228E6E #6E228E #8E6E22

tetradic

#228E6E #38228E #8E2242 #788E22

square

#228E6E #38228E #8E2242 #788E22

split-complementary

#228E6E #8E2278 #8E3822

monochromatic

#0A2B22 #165D48 #228E6E #2EBF94 #54D6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#228E6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#228E6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E6E

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E6E	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A846C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7A70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.107 168.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb097',
    500: '#228e6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e6e;
$custom-light: #6fb097;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.222,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57928,
    "c": 0.10697,
    "h": 168.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E6E

secondary

#BA5271

accent

#4373E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E6E

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

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