#227E88#227E88

#227E88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.083 H 205.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227E88
RGB	rgb(34, 126, 136)
HSL	hsl(186, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(186, 75%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 7.4%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.31, -22.50, -13.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.31, 26.02, 210.15°)
OKLab	oklab(54.57% -0.0752 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(54.57% 0.083 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.5625, 17.0379, 25.9143)
Luminance	0.1704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227E88 #882C22

analogous

#22885F #227E88 #224B88

triadic

#227E88 #88227E #7E8822

tetradic

#227E88 #5F2288 #882C22 #4B8822

square

#227E88 #5F2288 #882C22 #4B8822

split-complementary

#227E88 #88224B #885F22

monochromatic

#0A2326 #165157 #227E88 #2EABB9 #51C7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#227E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#227E88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227E88

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227E88	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#737989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 126, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.083 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea3aa',
    500: '#227e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227e88;
$custom-light: #6ea3aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.882,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54571,
    "c": 0.08349,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227E88

secondary

#B7594F

accent

#5445E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #227E88

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

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