#228B85#228B85

#228B85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.091 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B85
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 133)
HSL	hsl(177, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(177, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 4.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.39, -29.97, -5.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.39, 30.42, 189.83°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% -0.0902 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.091 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.1240, 20.4971, 25.3977)
Luminance	0.2050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B85 #8B2228

analogous

#228B51 #228B85 #225D8B

triadic

#228B85 #85228B #8B8522

tetradic

#228B85 #51228B #8B2228 #5D8B22

square

#228B85 #51228B #8B2228 #5D8B22

split-complementary

#228B85 #8B225D #8B5122

monochromatic

#0A2927 #165A56 #228B85 #2EBCB4 #53D5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#228B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#228B85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B85

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B85	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838385

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747886

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.091 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ada8',
    500: '#228b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b85;
$custom-light: #70ada8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.571,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57853,
    "c": 0.09141,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B85

secondary

#B85056

accent

#444DE4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B85

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

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