#228E7A#228E7A

#228E7A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.099 H 177.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E7A
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 122)
HSL	hsl(169, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(169, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 14.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.05, -34.55, 2.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.05, 34.61, 176.46°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% -0.0987 0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.099 177)
XYZ	xyz(13.8438, 21.0896, 21.7497)
Luminance	0.2109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E7A #8E2236

analogous

#228E44 #228E7A #226C8E

triadic

#228E7A #7A228E #8E7A22

tetradic

#228E7A #44228E #8E2236 #6C8E22

square

#228E7A #44228E #8E2236 #6C8E22

split-complementary

#228E7A #8E226C #8E4422

monochromatic

#0A2B25 #165D50 #228E7A #2EBFA4 #54D6BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#228E7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#228E7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E7A

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E7A	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.099 177.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb0a0',
    500: '#228e7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e7a;
$custom-light: #6fb0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.889,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5828,
    "c": 0.09885,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.21091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E7A

secondary

#BA5265

accent

#4361E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E7A

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

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