#228E7C#228E7C

#228E7C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.098 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E7C
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 124)
HSL	hsl(170, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(170, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 12.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.10, -33.99, 1.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.10, 34.01, 178.22°)
OKLab	oklab(58.34% -0.0977 0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(58.34% 0.098 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.9690, 21.1396, 22.4090)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E7C #8E2234

analogous

#228E46 #228E7C #226A8E

triadic

#228E7C #7C228E #8E7C22

tetradic

#228E7C #46228E #8E2234 #6A8E22

square

#228E7C #46228E #8E2234 #6A8E22

split-complementary

#228E7C #8E226A #8E4622

monochromatic

#0A2B26 #165D51 #228E7C #2EBFA7 #54D6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#228E7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#228E7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E7C

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E7C	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88857B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797A7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.098 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb0a1',
    500: '#228e7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e7c;
$custom-light: #6fb0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58343,
    "c": 0.09777,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E7C

secondary

#BA5263

accent

#435EE4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E7C

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

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