#228E79#228E79

#228E79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.099 H 176.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E79
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 121)
HSL	hsl(168, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(168, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 14.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.02, -34.82, 2.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.02, 34.92, 175.61°)
OKLab	oklab(58.25% -0.0992 0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(58.25% 0.099 176.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.7821, 21.0649, 21.4250)
Luminance	0.2107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E79 #8E2237

analogous

#228E43 #228E79 #226D8E

triadic

#228E79 #79228E #8E7922

tetradic

#228E79 #43228E #8E2237 #6D8E22

square

#228E79 #43228E #8E2237 #6D8E22

split-complementary

#228E79 #8E226D #8E4322

monochromatic

#0A2B25 #165D4F #228E79 #2EBFA3 #54D6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#228E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#228E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E79

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E79	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)

#888578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.099 176.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb09f',
    500: '#228e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e79;
$custom-light: #6fb09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.333,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58249,
    "c": 0.09944,
    "h": 176.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E79

secondary

#BA5266

accent

#4363E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E79

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

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