#228F7F#228F7F

#228F7F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.097 H 180.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228F7F
RGB	rgb(34, 143, 127)
HSL	hsl(171, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(171, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 0%, 11.2%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.51, -33.61, -0.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.51, 33.61, 180.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.7% -0.0973 -0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(58.7% 0.097 180.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.3110, 21.5156, 23.4732)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228F7F #8F2232

analogous

#228F49 #228F7F #22688F

triadic

#228F7F #7F228F #8F7F22

tetradic

#228F7F #49228F #8F2232 #688F22

square

#228F7F #49228F #8F2232 #688F22

split-complementary

#228F7F #8F2268 #8F4922

monochromatic

#0A2C27 #165E53 #228F7F #2EC0AB #55D7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#228F7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#228F7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228F7F

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228F7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228F7F	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88867E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7B80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228f7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 143, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.097 180.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b0a4',
    500: '#228f7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228f7f;
$custom-light: #70b0a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228f7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.193,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58703,
    "c": 0.09732,
    "h": 180.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228F7F

secondary

#BA5262

accent

#435BE5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228F7F

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

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