#228986#228986

#228986 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.090 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228986
RGB	rgb(34, 137, 134)
HSL	hsl(178, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(178, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 2.2%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.78, -28.69, -6.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.78, 29.46, 193.11°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% -0.0877 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.09 192)
XYZ	xyz(13.9064, 19.9510, 25.6676)
Luminance	0.1995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228986 #892225

analogous

#228952 #228986 #225889

triadic

#228986 #862289 #898622

tetradic

#228986 #522289 #892225 #588922

square

#228986 #522289 #892225 #588922

split-complementary

#228986 #892258 #895222

monochromatic

#0A2726 #165856 #228986 #2EBAB6 #51D4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#228986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#228986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228986

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228986	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808286

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727787

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 137, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.090 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6faca9',
    500: '#228986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228986;
$custom-light: #6faca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.252,
    "s": 60.234,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57365,
    "c": 0.08964,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.19953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228986

secondary

#B84F52

accent

#4449E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228986

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

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