#228B88#228B88

#228B88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.091 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B88
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 136)
HSL	hsl(178, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(178, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 2.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, -29.06, -6.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 29.85, 193.16°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% -0.0888 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.091 192)
XYZ	xyz(14.3342, 20.5812, 26.5049)
Luminance	0.2058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B88 #8B2225

analogous

#228B54 #228B88 #225A8B

triadic

#228B88 #88228B #8B8822

tetradic

#228B88 #54228B #8B2225 #5A8B22

square

#228B88 #54228B #8B2225 #5A8B22

split-complementary

#228B88 #8B225A #8B5422

monochromatic

#0A2928 #165A58 #228B88 #2EBCB8 #53D5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#228B88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#228B88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B88

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B88	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828488

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.091 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70adaa',
    500: '#228b88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b88;
$custom-light: #70adaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.286,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5796,
    "c": 0.09083,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.20583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B88

secondary

#B85053

accent

#4449E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B88

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

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