#228497#228497

#228497 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.090 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228497
RGB	rgb(34, 132, 151)
HSL	hsl(190, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(190, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.5%, 12.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.78, -20.69, -18.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.78, 27.49, 221.19°)
OKLab	oklab(56.75% -0.0749 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(56.75% 0.09 214)
XYZ	xyz(14.4945, 19.0752, 32.1901)
Luminance	0.1908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228497 #973522

analogous

#229770 #228497 #224A97

triadic

#228497 #972284 #849722

tetradic

#228497 #702297 #973522 #4A9722

square

#228497 #702297 #973522 #4A9722

split-complementary

#228497 #97224A #977022

monochromatic

#0C2D33 #175865 #228497 #2DB0C9 #5AC5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#228497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#228497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228497

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228497	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767F98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 132, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.090 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a8b5',
    500: '#228497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228497;
$custom-light: #71a8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.744,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56746,
    "c": 0.09032,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.19077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228497

secondary

#BE6857

accent

#5C42E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228497

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

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