#228E7F#228E7F

#228E7F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.096 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E7F
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 127)
HSL	hsl(172, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(172, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 10.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.19, -33.14, -0.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.19, 33.15, 180.95°)
OKLab	oklab(58.44% -0.0963 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(58.44% 0.096 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.1616, 21.2167, 23.4234)
Luminance	0.2122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E7F #8E2231

analogous

#228E49 #228E7F #22678E

triadic

#228E7F #7F228E #8E7F22

tetradic

#228E7F #49228E #8E2231 #678E22

square

#228E7F #49228E #8E2231 #678E22

split-complementary

#228E7F #8E2267 #8E4922

monochromatic

#0A2B27 #165D53 #228E7F #2EBFAB #54D6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#228E7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#228E7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E7F

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E7F	1.00	4.00	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.00	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)

#87857E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797B80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.096 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa4',
    500: '#228e7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e7f;
$custom-light: #70afa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.667,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58439,
    "c": 0.09629,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E7F

secondary

#BA5260

accent

#435AE4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E7F

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

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