#228A8E#228A8E

#228A8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.090 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228A8E
RGB	rgb(34, 138, 142)
HSL	hsl(182, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(182, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 2.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.36, -26.71, -10.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.36, 28.69, 201.39°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% -0.085 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.09 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.6284, 20.4683, 28.7657)
Luminance	0.2047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228A8E #8E2622

analogous

#228E5C #228A8E #22548E

triadic

#228A8E #8E228A #8A8E22

tetradic

#228A8E #5C228E #8E2622 #548E22

square

#228A8E #5C228E #8E2622 #548E22

split-complementary

#228A8E #8E2254 #8E5C22

monochromatic

#0A2A2B #165A5D #228A8E #2EBABF #54D1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#228A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#228A8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228A8E

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228A8E	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	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)

#80838E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70788F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 138, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.090 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70acaf',
    500: '#228a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228a8e;
$custom-light: #70acaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.222,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57923,
    "c": 0.08984,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228A8E

secondary

#BA5652

accent

#4943E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228A8E

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

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