#228A8F#228A8F

#228A8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.090 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228A8F
RGB	rgb(34, 138, 143)
HSL	hsl(183, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(183, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 3.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.40, -26.40, -11.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.40, 28.60, 202.61°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% -0.0845 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.09 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.7039, 20.4984, 29.1629)
Luminance	0.2050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228A8F #8F2722

analogous

#228F5D #228A8F #22548F

triadic

#228A8F #8F228A #8A8F22

tetradic

#228A8F #5D228F #8F2722 #548F22

square

#228A8F #5D228F #8F2722 #548F22

split-complementary

#228A8F #8F2254 #8F5D22

monochromatic

#0A2B2C #165A5E #228A8F #2EBAC0 #55D1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#228A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#228A8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228A8F

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228A8F	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F848F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 138, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.090 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71acaf',
    500: '#228a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228a8f;
$custom-light: #71acaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.752,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57961,
    "c": 0.0899,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228A8F

secondary

#BA5752

accent

#4B43E5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228A8F

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

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