#228E81#228E81

#228E81 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.095 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E81
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 129)
HSL	hsl(173, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(173, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 9.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.24, -32.57, -1.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.24, 32.61, 182.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.51% -0.0953 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(58.51% 0.095 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.2932, 21.2693, 24.1167)
Luminance	0.2127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E81 #8E222F

analogous

#228E4B #228E81 #22658E

triadic

#228E81 #81228E #8E8122

tetradic

#228E81 #4B228E #8E222F #658E22

square

#228E81 #4B228E #8E222F #658E22

split-complementary

#228E81 #8E2265 #8E4B22

monochromatic

#0A2B27 #165D54 #228E81 #2EBFAE #54D6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#228E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#228E81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E81

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E81	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)

#878581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787B82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.095 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa5',
    500: '#228e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e81;
$custom-light: #70afa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.778,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58505,
    "c": 0.09543,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E81

secondary

#BA525E

accent

#4357E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E81

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

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