#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
RGBrgb(34, 138, 156)
HSLhsl(189, 64%, 37%)
HSVhsv(189, 78%, 61%)
CMYKcmyk(78.2%, 11.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LABlab(52.86, -22.19, -17.83)
CIE-LCHlch(52.86, 28.46, 218.79°)
OKLaboklab(58.49% -0.0788 -0.0497)
OKLCHoklch(58.49% 0.093 212.2)
XYZxyz(15.7463, 20.9154, 34.6532)
Luminance0.2092 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##228A9C1.004.055.185.18
#FFFFFF4.051.0021.0021.00
#0000005.1821.001.001.00
##0000005.1821.001.001.00

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

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#228A9C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva