#228A8A#228A8A

#228A8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.090 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228A8A
RGB	rgb(34, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(180, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(180, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.23, -27.96, -8.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.23, 29.18, 196.61°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% -0.0868 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.09 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.3335, 20.3503, 27.2124)
Luminance	0.2035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228A8A #8A2222

analogous

#228A56 #228A8A #22568A

triadic

#228A8A #8A228A #8A8A22

tetradic

#228A8A #56228A #8A2222 #568A22

square

#228A8A #56228A #8A2222 #568A22

split-complementary

#228A8A #8A2256 #8A5622

monochromatic

#0A2828 #165959 #228A8A #2EBBBB #52D4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#228A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#228A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228A8A

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228A8A	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81838A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71788B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.090 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70acac',
    500: '#228a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228a8a;
$custom-light: #70acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57773,
    "c": 0.08989,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228A8A

secondary

#B85050

accent

#4444E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228A8A

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

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