#228B82#228B82

#228B82 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.092 H 186.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B82
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 130)
HSL	hsl(175, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(175, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 6.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.30, -30.86, -3.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.30, 31.07, 186.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.75% -0.0917 -0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(57.75% 0.092 186.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.9196, 20.4153, 24.3217)
Luminance	0.2042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B82 #8B222B

analogous

#228B4E #228B82 #22608B

triadic

#228B82 #82228B #8B8222

tetradic

#228B82 #4E228B #8B222B #608B22

square

#228B82 #4E228B #8B222B #608B22

split-complementary

#228B82 #8B2260 #8B4E22

monochromatic

#0A2926 #165A54 #228B82 #2EBCB0 #53D5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#228B82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#228B82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B82

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B82	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838382

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757883

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.092 186.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fada6',
    500: '#228b82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b82;
$custom-light: #6fada6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.857,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57749,
    "c": 0.09225,
    "h": 186.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B82

secondary

#B85059

accent

#4452E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B82

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

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