#228A8B#228A8B

#228A8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.090 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228A8B
RGB	rgb(34, 138, 139)
HSL	hsl(181, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.26, -27.65, -8.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.26, 29.04, 197.79°)
OKLab	oklab(57.81% -0.0864 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(57.81% 0.09 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.4062, 20.3794, 27.5954)
Luminance	0.2038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228A8B #8B2322

analogous

#228B58 #228A8B #22568B

triadic

#228A8B #8B228A #8A8B22

tetradic

#228A8B #58228B #8B2322 #568B22

square

#228A8B #58228B #8B2322 #568B22

split-complementary

#228A8B #8B2256 #8B5822

monochromatic

#0A2829 #16595A #228A8B #2EBBBC #53D4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#228A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#228A8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228A8B

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228A8B	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80838B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71788C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 138, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.090 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70acac',
    500: '#228a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228a8b;
$custom-light: #70acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.571,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5781,
    "c": 0.08984,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228A8B

secondary

#B85150

accent

#4544E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228A8B

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

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