#228A85#228A85

#228A85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.091 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228A85
RGB	rgb(34, 138, 133)
HSL	hsl(177, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(177, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 3.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.07, -29.48, -5.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.07, 30.02, 190.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.59% -0.0892 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(57.59% 0.091 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.9798, 20.2088, 25.3497)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228A85 #8A2227

analogous

#228A51 #228A85 #225B8A

triadic

#228A85 #85228A #8A8522

tetradic

#228A85 #51228A #8A2227 #5B8A22

square

#228A85 #51228A #8A2227 #5B8A22

split-complementary

#228A85 #8A225B #8A5122

monochromatic

#0A2826 #165956 #228A85 #2EBBB4 #52D4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#228A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#228A85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228A85

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228A85	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828285

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737886

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 138, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.091 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aca8',
    500: '#228a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228a85;
$custom-light: #70aca8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.115,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57591,
    "c": 0.0906,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228A85

secondary

#B85055

accent

#444CE4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228A85

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

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