#228F78#228F78

#228F78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.101 H 174.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228F78
RGB	rgb(34, 143, 120)
HSL	hsl(167, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(167, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 0%, 16.1%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.32, -35.55, 3.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.32, 35.74, 174.09°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% -0.1008 0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.101 174.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.8706, 21.3394, 21.1535)
Luminance	0.2134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228F78 #8F2239

analogous

#228F41 #228F78 #22708F

triadic

#228F78 #78228F #8F7822

tetradic

#228F78 #41228F #8F2239 #708F22

square

#228F78 #41228F #8F2239 #708F22

split-complementary

#228F78 #8F2270 #8F4122

monochromatic

#0A2C25 #165E4F #228F78 #2EC0A1 #55D7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#228F78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#228F78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228F78

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228F78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228F78	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8577

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7B7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228f78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 143, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.101 174.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb09e',
    500: '#228f78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228f78;
$custom-light: #6fb09e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228f78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.339,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58485,
    "c": 0.10118,
    "h": 174.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228F78

secondary

#BA5268

accent

#4365E5

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228F78

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

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