#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
RGBrgb(34, 139, 130)
HSLhsl(175, 61%, 34%)
HSVhsv(175, 76%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(75.5%, 0%, 6.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(52.30, -30.86, -3.59)
CIE-LCHlch(52.30, 31.07, 186.63°)
OKLaboklab(57.75% -0.0917 -0.0102)
OKLCHoklch(57.75% 0.092 186.3)
XYZxyz(13.9196, 20.4153, 24.3217)
Luminance0.2042 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##228B821.004.135.085.08
#FFFFFF4.131.0021.0021.00
#0000005.0821.001.001.00
##0000005.0821.001.001.00

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

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#228B82 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva