#228E76#228E76

#228E76 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.101 H 173.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E76
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 118)
HSL	hsl(167, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(167, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 16.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.94, -35.64, 4.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.94, 35.89, 173.14°)
OKLab	oklab(58.16% -0.1007 0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(58.16% 0.101 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.6010, 20.9925, 20.4712)
Luminance	0.2099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E76 #8E223A

analogous

#228E40 #228E76 #22708E

triadic

#228E76 #76228E #8E7622

tetradic

#228E76 #40228E #8E223A #708E22

square

#228E76 #40228E #8E223A #708E22

split-complementary

#228E76 #8E2270 #8E4022

monochromatic

#0A2B24 #165D4D #228E76 #2EBF9F #54D6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#228E76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#228E76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E76

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E76	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898475

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7A78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.101 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb09d',
    500: '#228e76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e76;
$custom-light: #6fb09d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58158,
    "c": 0.10128,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E76

secondary

#BA5269

accent

#4367E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E76

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

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