#228B83#228B83

#228B83 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.092 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B83
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 131)
HSL	hsl(175, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(175, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 5.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.33, -30.56, -4.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.33, 30.84, 187.68°)
OKLab	oklab(57.78% -0.0912 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(57.78% 0.092 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.9871, 20.4423, 24.6769)
Luminance	0.2044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B83 #8B222A

analogous

#228B4F #228B83 #225F8B

triadic

#228B83 #83228B #8B8322

tetradic

#228B83 #4F228B #8B222A #5F8B22

square

#228B83 #4F228B #8B222A #5F8B22

split-complementary

#228B83 #8B225F #8B4F22

monochromatic

#0A2926 #165A55 #228B83 #2EBCB1 #53D5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#228B83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#228B83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B83

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B83	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838383

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757884

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.092 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ada7',
    500: '#228b83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b83;
$custom-light: #70ada7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.429,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57783,
    "c": 0.09194,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B83

secondary

#B85058

accent

#4450E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B83

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

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