#228A86#228A86

#228A86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.090 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228A86
RGB	rgb(34, 138, 134)
HSL	hsl(178, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(178, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 2.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.10, -29.18, -6.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.10, 29.84, 192.00°)
OKLab	oklab(57.63% -0.0887 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(57.63% 0.09 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.0492, 20.2366, 25.7152)
Luminance	0.2024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228A86 #8A2226

analogous

#228A52 #228A86 #225A8A

triadic

#228A86 #86228A #8A8622

tetradic

#228A86 #52228A #8A2226 #5A8A22

square

#228A86 #52228A #8A2226 #5A8A22

split-complementary

#228A86 #8A225A #8A5222

monochromatic

#0A2827 #165956 #228A86 #2EBBB6 #52D4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#228A86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#228A86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228A86

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228A86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228A86	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818386

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737887

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228a86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 138, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.090 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aca9',
    500: '#228a86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228a86;
$custom-light: #70aca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228a86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.692,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57627,
    "c": 0.0904,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228A86

secondary

#B85054

accent

#444AE4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228A86

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

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