#228E7E#228E7E

#228E7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.097 H 180.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E7E
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 126)
HSL	hsl(171, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(171, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 11.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.16, -33.43, -0.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.16, 33.43, 180.03°)
OKLab	oklab(58.41% -0.0968 -0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(58.41% 0.097 180.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.0967, 21.1907, 23.0819)
Luminance	0.2119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E7E #8E2232

analogous

#228E48 #228E7E #22688E

triadic

#228E7E #7E228E #8E7E22

tetradic

#228E7E #48228E #8E2232 #688E22

square

#228E7E #48228E #8E2232 #688E22

split-complementary

#228E7E #8E2268 #8E4822

monochromatic

#0A2B26 #165D52 #228E7E #2EBFAA #54D6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#228E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#228E7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E7E

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E7E	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88857D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797A7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.097 180.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b0a3',
    500: '#228e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e7e;
$custom-light: #70b0a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.111,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58407,
    "c": 0.09676,
    "h": 180.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E7E

secondary

#BA5261

accent

#435BE4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F3

border

#C8CFCD

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E7E

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

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