#228A7E#228A7E

#228A7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.093 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228A7E
RGB	rgb(34, 138, 126)
HSL	hsl(173, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(173, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 8.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.86, -31.55, -1.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.86, 31.61, 183.47°)
OKLab	oklab(57.35% -0.0925 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(57.35% 0.093 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.5122, 20.0218, 22.8871)
Luminance	0.2002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228A7E #8A222E

analogous

#228A4A #228A7E #22628A

triadic

#228A7E #7E228A #8A7E22

tetradic

#228A7E #4A228A #8A222E #628A22

square

#228A7E #4A228A #8A222E #628A22

split-complementary

#228A7E #8A2262 #8A4A22

monochromatic

#0A2824 #165951 #228A7E #2EBBAB #52D4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#228A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#228A7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228A7E

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228A7E	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83827E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75777F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 138, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.093 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fada3',
    500: '#228a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228a7e;
$custom-light: #6fada3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.077,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5735,
    "c": 0.09272,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228A7E

secondary

#B8505C

accent

#4457E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F3

border

#C8CECD

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228A7E

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

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