#228F79#228F79

#228F79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.101 H 175.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228F79
RGB	rgb(34, 143, 121)
HSL	hsl(168, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(168, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 0%, 15.4%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.35, -35.27, 3.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.35, 35.41, 174.91°)
OKLab	oklab(58.51% -0.1003 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(58.51% 0.101 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.9316, 21.3638, 21.4748)
Luminance	0.2137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228F79 #8F2238

analogous

#228F43 #228F79 #226F8F

triadic

#228F79 #79228F #8F7922

tetradic

#228F79 #43228F #8F2238 #6F8F22

square

#228F79 #43228F #8F2238 #6F8F22

split-complementary

#228F79 #8F226F #8F4322

monochromatic

#0A2C25 #165E4F #228F79 #2EC0A3 #55D7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#228F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#228F79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228F79

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228F79	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	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)

#8A8678

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 143, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.101 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb09f',
    500: '#228f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228f79;
$custom-light: #6fb09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.89,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58515,
    "c": 0.10057,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228F79

secondary

#BA5267

accent

#4364E5

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228F79

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

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