#228A8D#228A8D

#228A8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.090 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228A8D
RGB	rgb(34, 138, 141)
HSL	hsl(182, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(182, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 2.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.33, -27.03, -9.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.33, 28.80, 200.18°)
OKLab	oklab(57.89% -0.0855 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(57.89% 0.09 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.5537, 20.4384, 28.3721)
Luminance	0.2044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228A8D #8D2522

analogous

#228D5B #228A8D #22558D

triadic

#228A8D #8D228A #8A8D22

tetradic

#228A8D #5B228D #8D2522 #558D22

square

#228A8D #5B228D #8D2522 #558D22

split-complementary

#228A8D #8D2255 #8D5B22

monochromatic

#0A292A #165A5C #228A8D #2EBABE #54D2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#228A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#228A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228A8D

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228A8D	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80838D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71788E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 138, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.090 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70acae',
    500: '#228a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228a8d;
$custom-light: #70acae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.682,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57885,
    "c": 0.08982,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228A8D

secondary

#B95451

accent

#4844E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228A8D

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

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