#228E80#228E80

#228E80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.096 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E80
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 128)
HSL	hsl(172, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(172, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 9.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.21, -32.86, -1.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.21, 32.88, 181.90°)
OKLab	oklab(58.47% -0.0958 -0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(58.47% 0.096 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.2271, 21.2429, 23.7684)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E80 #8E2230

analogous

#228E4A #228E80 #22668E

triadic

#228E80 #80228E #8E8022

tetradic

#228E80 #4A228E #8E2230 #668E22

square

#228E80 #4A228E #8E2230 #668E22

split-complementary

#228E80 #8E2266 #8E4A22

monochromatic

#0A2B27 #165D53 #228E80 #2EBFAD #54D6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#228E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#228E80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E80

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E80	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87857F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787B81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.096 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa4',
    500: '#228e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e80;
$custom-light: #70afa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.222,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58472,
    "c": 0.09585,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E80

secondary

#BA525F

accent

#4358E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E80

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

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