#228E72#228E72

#228E72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.104 H 170.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E72
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 114)
HSL	hsl(164, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(164, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 19.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.84, -36.70, 6.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.84, 37.26, 170.04°)
OKLab	oklab(58.04% -0.1027 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(58.04% 0.104 170.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.3683, 20.8994, 19.2458)
Luminance	0.2090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E72 #8E223E

analogous

#228E3C #228E72 #22748E

triadic

#228E72 #72228E #8E7222

tetradic

#228E72 #3C228E #8E223E #748E22

square

#228E72 #3C228E #8E223E #748E22

split-complementary

#228E72 #8E2274 #8E3C22

monochromatic

#0A2B23 #165D4A #228E72 #2EBF9A #54D6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#228E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#228E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E72

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E72	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7A74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.104 170.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb09a',
    500: '#228e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e72;
$custom-light: #6fb09a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.444,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58041,
    "c": 0.104,
    "h": 170.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E72

secondary

#BA526D

accent

#436DE4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E72

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

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