#228F59#228F59

#228F59 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.127 H 156.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228F59
RGB	rgb(34, 143, 89)
HSL	hsl(150, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(150, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 0%, 37.8%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.62, -43.00, 20.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.62, 47.57, 154.68°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% -0.1162 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.127 156.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.2841, 20.7048, 12.7983)
Luminance	0.2071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228F59 #8F2258

analogous

#228F22 #228F59 #228F8F

triadic

#228F59 #59228F #8F5922

tetradic

#228F59 #22228F #8F2258 #8F8F22

square

#228F59 #22228F #8F2258 #8F8F22

split-complementary

#228F59 #8F228F #8F2222

monochromatic

#0A2C1B #165E3A #228F59 #2EC078 #55D796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#228F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#228F59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228F59

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228F59	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817A5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 143, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.127 156.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eb188',
    500: '#228f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228f59;
$custom-light: #6eb188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.275,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57686,
    "c": 0.1269,
    "h": 156.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228F59

secondary

#BA5286

accent

#4393E5

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF6F0

border

#C8D0CB

text

#08110B

muted

#7B807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #228F59

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

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