#228E70#228E70

#228E70 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.105 H 169.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E70
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 112)
HSL	hsl(163, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(163, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 21.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, -37.21, 7.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 37.97, 168.57°)
OKLab	oklab(57.98% -0.1037 0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(57.98% 0.105 169.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.2557, 20.8544, 18.6528)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E70 #8E2240

analogous

#228E3A #228E70 #22768E

triadic

#228E70 #70228E #8E7022

tetradic

#228E70 #3A228E #8E2240 #768E22

square

#228E70 #3A228E #8E2240 #768E22

split-complementary

#228E70 #8E2276 #8E3A22

monochromatic

#0A2B22 #165D49 #228E70 #2EBF97 #54D6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#228E70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#228E70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E70

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E70	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A846E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7A72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.105 169.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb099',
    500: '#228e70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e70;
$custom-light: #6fb099;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.333,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57984,
    "c": 0.10546,
    "h": 169.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E70

secondary

#BA526F

accent

#4370E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E70

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

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