#227E8E#227E8E

#227E8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.086 H 212.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227E8E
RGB	rgb(34, 126, 142)
HSL	hsl(189, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(189, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 11.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.53, -20.51, -16.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.53, 26.18, 218.41°)
OKLab	oklab(54.82% -0.0725 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(54.82% 0.086 212)
XYZ	xyz(13.0009, 17.2132, 28.2232)
Luminance	0.1721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227E8E #8E3222

analogous

#228E68 #227E8E #22488E

triadic

#227E8E #8E227E #7E8E22

tetradic

#227E8E #68228E #8E3222 #488E22

square

#227E8E #68228E #8E3222 #488E22

split-complementary

#227E8E #8E2248 #8E6822

monochromatic

#0A262B #16525D #227E8E #2EAABF #54C3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#227E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#227E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227E8E

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227E8E	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71798F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636F8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 126, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.086 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fa3af',
    500: '#227e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227e8e;
$custom-light: #6fa3af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.889,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54822,
    "c": 0.08553,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.17215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227E8E

secondary

#BA6152

accent

#5B43E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #227E8E

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

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