#228F6F#228F6F

#228F6F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.107 H 168.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228F6F
RGB	rgb(34, 143, 111)
HSL	hsl(162, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(162, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 0%, 22.4%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.09, -37.91, 8.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.09, 38.86, 167.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58.22% -0.1052 0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(58.22% 0.107 168.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.3498, 21.1311, 18.4110)
Luminance	0.2113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228F6F #8F2242

analogous

#228F38 #228F6F #22798F

triadic

#228F6F #6F228F #8F6F22

tetradic

#228F6F #38228F #8F2242 #798F22

square

#228F6F #38228F #8F2242 #798F22

split-complementary

#228F6F #8F2279 #8F3822

monochromatic

#0A2C22 #165E49 #228F6F #2EC095 #55D7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#228F6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#228F6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228F6F

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228F6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228F6F	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B856D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7B71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228f6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 143, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.107 168.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb098',
    500: '#228f6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228f6f;
$custom-light: #6fb098;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228f6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.385,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58224,
    "c": 0.10747,
    "h": 168.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228F6F

secondary

#BA5271

accent

#4373E5

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08110D

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228F6F

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

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