#228A96#228A96

#228A96 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.091 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228A96
RGB	rgb(34, 138, 150)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(186, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 8%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.64, -24.16, -14.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.64, 28.27, 211.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.24% -0.0814 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(58.24% 0.091 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.2508, 20.7172, 32.0433)
Luminance	0.2072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228A96 #962E22

analogous

#229668 #228A96 #225096

triadic

#228A96 #96228A #8A9622

tetradic

#228A96 #682296 #962E22 #509622

square

#228A96 #682296 #962E22 #509622

split-complementary

#228A96 #962250 #966822

monochromatic

#0B2E32 #175C64 #228A96 #2DB8C8 #59CCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#228A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#228A96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228A96

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228A96	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 138, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.091 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71acb4',
    500: '#228a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228a96;
$custom-light: #71acb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.207,
    "s": 63.043,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58238,
    "c": 0.09111,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228A96

secondary

#BE6156

accent

#5342E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228A96

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

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