#228F7B#228F7B

#228F7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.099 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228F7B
RGB	rgb(34, 143, 123)
HSL	hsl(169, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(169, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 0%, 14%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, -34.73, 2.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 34.79, 176.59°)
OKLab	oklab(58.58% -0.0993 0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(58.58% 0.099 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.0555, 21.4134, 22.1275)
Luminance	0.2142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228F7B #8F2236

analogous

#228F45 #228F7B #226D8F

triadic

#228F7B #7B228F #8F7B22

tetradic

#228F7B #45228F #8F2236 #6D8F22

square

#228F7B #45228F #8F2236 #6D8F22

split-complementary

#228F7B #8F226D #8F4522

monochromatic

#0A2C26 #165E50 #228F7B #2EC0A6 #55D7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#228F7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#228F7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228F7B

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228F7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228F7B	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89867A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7B7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228f7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 143, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.099 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b0a1',
    500: '#228f7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228f7b;
$custom-light: #70b0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228f7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.991,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58577,
    "c": 0.0994,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228F7B

secondary

#BA5265

accent

#4361E5

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #228F7B

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

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