#228B84#228B84

#228B84 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.092 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B84
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 132)
HSL	hsl(176, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(176, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.36, -30.27, -4.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.36, 30.62, 188.75°)
OKLab	oklab(57.82% -0.0907 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(57.82% 0.092 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.0552, 20.4696, 25.0356)
Luminance	0.2047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B84 #8B2229

analogous

#228B50 #228B84 #225E8B

triadic

#228B84 #84228B #8B8422

tetradic

#228B84 #50228B #8B2229 #5E8B22

square

#228B84 #50228B #8B2229 #5E8B22

split-complementary

#228B84 #8B225E #8B5022

monochromatic

#0A2927 #165A55 #228B84 #2EBCB3 #53D5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#228B84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#228B84 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B84

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B84	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	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)

#838384

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747885

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.092 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ada7',
    500: '#228b84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b84;
$custom-light: #70ada7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57818,
    "c": 0.09166,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B84

secondary

#B85057

accent

#444FE4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B84

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

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