#228E78#228E78

#228E78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.100 H 175.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E78
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 120)
HSL	hsl(168, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(168, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 15.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.99, -35.09, 3.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.99, 35.24, 174.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.22% -0.0997 0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(58.22% 0.1 175.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.7211, 21.0405, 21.1037)
Luminance	0.2104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E78 #8E2238

analogous

#228E42 #228E78 #226E8E

triadic

#228E78 #78228E #8E7822

tetradic

#228E78 #42228E #8E2238 #6E8E22

square

#228E78 #42228E #8E2238 #6E8E22

split-complementary

#228E78 #8E226E #8E4222

monochromatic

#0A2B25 #165D4E #228E78 #2EBFA2 #54D6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#228E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#228E78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E78

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E78	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898577

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.100 175.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb09e',
    500: '#228e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e78;
$custom-light: #6fb09e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.778,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58219,
    "c": 0.10003,
    "h": 175.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E78

secondary

#BA5267

accent

#4364E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E78

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

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