#228E7D#228E7D

#228E7D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.097 H 179.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E7D
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 125)
HSL	hsl(171, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(171, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 12%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.13, -33.71, 0.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.13, 33.71, 179.11°)
OKLab	oklab(58.38% -0.0972 0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(58.38% 0.097 179.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.0325, 21.1651, 22.7438)
Luminance	0.2117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E7D #8E2233

analogous

#228E47 #228E7D #22698E

triadic

#228E7D #7D228E #8E7D22

tetradic

#228E7D #47228E #8E2233 #698E22

square

#228E7D #47228E #8E2233 #698E22

split-complementary

#228E7D #8E2269 #8E4722

monochromatic

#0A2B26 #165D52 #228E7D #2EBFA8 #54D6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#228E7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#228E7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E7D

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E7D	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	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)

#88857C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797A7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.097 179.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b0a2',
    500: '#228e7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e7d;
$custom-light: #70b0a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.556,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58375,
    "c": 0.09725,
    "h": 179.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E7D

secondary

#BA5262

accent

#435DE4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E7D

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

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