#228A87#228A87

#228A87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.090 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228A87
RGB	rgb(34, 138, 135)
HSL	hsl(178, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(178, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 2.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.14, -28.88, -6.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.14, 29.66, 193.14°)
OKLab	oklab(57.66% -0.0882 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(57.66% 0.09 192)
XYZ	xyz(14.1193, 20.2646, 26.0843)
Luminance	0.2027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228A87 #8A2225

analogous

#228A53 #228A87 #22598A

triadic

#228A87 #87228A #8A8722

tetradic

#228A87 #53228A #8A2225 #598A22

square

#228A87 #53228A #8A2225 #598A22

split-complementary

#228A87 #8A2259 #8A5322

monochromatic

#0A2827 #165957 #228A87 #2EBBB7 #52D4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#228A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#228A87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228A87

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228A87	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)

#818387

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 138, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.090 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aca9',
    500: '#228a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228a87;
$custom-light: #70aca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.269,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57663,
    "c": 0.09023,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.20266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228A87

secondary

#B85053

accent

#4449E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228A87

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

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