#228A98#228A98

#228A98 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.092 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228A98
RGB	rgb(34, 138, 152)
HSL	hsl(187, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(187, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 9.2%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.71, -23.51, -15.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.71, 28.29, 213.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.32% -0.0806 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(58.32% 0.092 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.4132, 20.7822, 32.8987)
Luminance	0.2078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228A98 #983022

analogous

#22986B #228A98 #224F98

triadic

#228A98 #98228A #8A9822

tetradic

#228A98 #6B2298 #983022 #4F9822

square

#228A98 #6B2298 #983022 #4F9822

split-complementary

#228A98 #98224F #986B22

monochromatic

#0C2F34 #175D66 #228A98 #2DB7CA #5ACBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#228A98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#228A98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228A98

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228A98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228A98	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228a98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 138, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.092 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72acb6',
    500: '#228a98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228a98;
$custom-light: #72acb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228a98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.119,
    "s": 63.441,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5832,
    "c": 0.0917,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228A98

secondary

#BE6457

accent

#5541E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228A98

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

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