#228E7B#228E7B

#228E7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.098 H 177.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E7B
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 123)
HSL	hsl(169, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(169, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 13.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.07, -34.27, 1.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.07, 34.31, 177.33°)
OKLab	oklab(58.31% -0.0982 0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(58.31% 0.098 177.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.9060, 21.1145, 22.0777)
Luminance	0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E7B #8E2235

analogous

#228E45 #228E7B #226B8E

triadic

#228E7B #7B228E #8E7B22

tetradic

#228E7B #45228E #8E2235 #6B8E22

square

#228E7B #45228E #8E2235 #6B8E22

split-complementary

#228E7B #8E226B #8E4522

monochromatic

#0A2B25 #165D50 #228E7B #2EBFA6 #54D6BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#228E7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#228E7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E7B

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E7B	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)

#88857A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7A7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.098 177.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb0a1',
    500: '#228e7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e7b;
$custom-light: #6fb0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.444,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58311,
    "c": 0.0983,
    "h": 177.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E7B

secondary

#BA5264

accent

#4360E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E7B

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

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