#228E73#228E73

#228E73 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.103 H 171.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E73
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 115)
HSL	hsl(165, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(165, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 19%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.86, -36.43, 5.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.86, 36.91, 170.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.07% -0.1022 0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(58.07% 0.103 171.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.4256, 20.9223, 19.5472)
Luminance	0.2092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E73 #8E223D

analogous

#228E3D #228E73 #22738E

triadic

#228E73 #73228E #8E7322

tetradic

#228E73 #3D228E #8E223D #738E22

square

#228E73 #3D228E #8E223D #738E22

split-complementary

#228E73 #8E2273 #8E3D22

monochromatic

#0A2B23 #165D4B #228E73 #2EBF9B #54D6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#228E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#228E73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E73

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E73	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)

#898472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7A75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.103 171.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb09b',
    500: '#228e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e73;
$custom-light: #6fb09b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5807,
    "c": 0.10329,
    "h": 171.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E73

secondary

#BA526C

accent

#436CE4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E73

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

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