#228F80#228F80

#228F80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.097 H 181.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228F80
RGB	rgb(34, 143, 128)
HSL	hsl(172, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(172, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 0%, 10.5%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.54, -33.33, -0.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.54, 33.33, 181.06°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% -0.0968 -0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.097 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.3765, 21.5418, 23.8182)
Luminance	0.2154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228F80 #8F2231

analogous

#228F4A #228F80 #22688F

triadic

#228F80 #80228F #8F8022

tetradic

#228F80 #4A228F #8F2231 #688F22

square

#228F80 #4A228F #8F2231 #688F22

split-complementary

#228F80 #8F2268 #8F4A22

monochromatic

#0A2C27 #165E54 #228F80 #2EC0AC #55D7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#228F80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#228F80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228F80

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228F80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228F80	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88867F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7B81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228f80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 143, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.097 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b0a4',
    500: '#228f80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228f80;
$custom-light: #70b0a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228f80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.743,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58736,
    "c": 0.09686,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228F80

secondary

#BA5261

accent

#4359E5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228F80

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

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