#228E77#228E77

#228E77 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.101 H 174.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E77
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 119)
HSL	hsl(167, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(167, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 16.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.97, -35.37, 3.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.97, 35.56, 173.95°)
OKLab	oklab(58.19% -0.1002 0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(58.19% 0.101 174.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.6608, 21.0164, 20.7858)
Luminance	0.2102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E77 #8E2239

analogous

#228E41 #228E77 #226F8E

triadic

#228E77 #77228E #8E7722

tetradic

#228E77 #41228E #8E2239 #6F8E22

square

#228E77 #41228E #8E2239 #6F8E22

split-complementary

#228E77 #8E226F #8E4122

monochromatic

#0A2B24 #165D4E #228E77 #2EBFA0 #54D6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#228E77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#228E77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E77

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E77	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)

#898576

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7A79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.101 174.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb09e',
    500: '#228e77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e77;
$custom-light: #6fb09e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.222,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58188,
    "c": 0.10064,
    "h": 174.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E77

secondary

#BA5268

accent

#4366E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E77

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

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