#228A82#228A82

#228A82 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.091 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228A82
RGB	rgb(34, 138, 130)
HSL	hsl(175, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(175, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 5.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.98, -30.38, -4.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.98, 30.65, 187.62°)
OKLab	oklab(57.49% -0.0906 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(57.49% 0.091 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.7755, 20.1271, 24.2737)
Luminance	0.2013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228A82 #8A222A

analogous

#228A4E #228A82 #225E8A

triadic

#228A82 #82228A #8A8222

tetradic

#228A82 #4E228A #8A222A #5E8A22

square

#228A82 #4E228A #8A222A #5E8A22

split-complementary

#228A82 #8A225E #8A4E22

monochromatic

#0A2825 #165954 #228A82 #2EBBB0 #52D4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#228A82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#228A82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228A82

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228A82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228A82	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828282

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747783

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228a82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 138, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.091 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6faca6',
    500: '#228a82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228a82;
$custom-light: #6faca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228a82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.385,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57486,
    "c": 0.09136,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228A82

secondary

#B85058

accent

#4450E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228A82

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

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