#228A9C#228A9C

#228A9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.093 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228A9C
RGB	rgb(34, 138, 156)
HSL	hsl(189, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(189, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 11.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.86, -22.19, -17.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.86, 28.46, 218.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% -0.0788 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.093 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.7463, 20.9154, 34.6532)
Luminance	0.2092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228A9C #9C3422

analogous

#229C71 #228A9C #224D9C

triadic

#228A9C #9C228A #8A9C22

tetradic

#228A9C #71229C #9C3422 #4D9C22

square

#228A9C #71229C #9C3422 #4D9C22

split-complementary

#228A9C #9C224D #9C7122

monochromatic

#0C3138 #175E6A #228A9C #2DB6CE #5DC9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#228A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#228A9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228A9C

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228A9C	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C859D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C799C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 138, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.093 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72acb9',
    500: '#228a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228a9c;
$custom-light: #72acb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.852,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58487,
    "c": 0.0932,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228A9C

secondary

#C0695A

accent

#5941E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228A9C

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

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