#228A99#228A99

#228A99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.092 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228A99
RGB	rgb(34, 138, 153)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(188, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 9.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.75, -23.18, -16.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.75, 28.31, 215.06°)
OKLab	oklab(58.36% -0.0801 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(58.36% 0.092 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.4954, 20.8151, 33.3318)
Luminance	0.2082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228A99 #993122

analogous

#22996D #228A99 #224F99

triadic

#228A99 #99228A #8A9922

tetradic

#228A99 #6D2299 #993122 #4F9922

square

#228A99 #6D2299 #993122 #4F9922

split-complementary

#228A99 #99224F #996D22

monochromatic

#0C3035 #175D67 #228A99 #2DB7CB #5BCADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#228A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#228A99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228A99

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228A99	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)

#7D859A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 138, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.092 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72acb7',
    500: '#228a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228a99;
$custom-light: #72acb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.563,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58361,
    "c": 0.09203,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228A99

secondary

#BF6558

accent

#5641E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228A99

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

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