#228A9A#228A9A

#228A9A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.092 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228A9A
RGB	rgb(34, 138, 154)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(188, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.9%, 10.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.78, -22.85, -16.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.78, 28.35, 216.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.4% -0.0797 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(58.4% 0.092 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.5784, 20.8482, 33.7686)
Luminance	0.2085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228A9A #9A3222

analogous

#229A6E #228A9A #224E9A

triadic

#228A9A #9A228A #8A9A22

tetradic

#228A9A #6E229A #9A3222 #4E9A22

square

#228A9A #6E229A #9A3222 #4E9A22

split-complementary

#228A9A #9A224E #9A6E22

monochromatic

#0C3036 #175D68 #228A9A #2DB7CC #5BCADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#228A9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#228A9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228A9A

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228A9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228A9A	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D859B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C799A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228a9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 138, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.092 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72acb7',
    500: '#228a9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228a9a;
$custom-light: #72acb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228a9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58403,
    "c": 0.0924,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228A9A

secondary

#BF6658

accent

#5741E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228A9A

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

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