#228B89#228B89

#228B89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.091 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B89
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 137)
HSL	hsl(179, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(179, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.52, -28.76, -7.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.52, 29.68, 194.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58% -0.0884 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.091 193)
XYZ	xyz(14.4056, 20.6097, 26.8809)
Luminance	0.2061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B89 #8B2224

analogous

#228B55 #228B89 #22598B

triadic

#228B89 #89228B #8B8922

tetradic

#228B89 #55228B #8B2224 #598B22

square

#228B89 #55228B #8B2224 #598B22

split-complementary

#228B89 #8B2259 #8B5522

monochromatic

#0A2928 #165A59 #228B89 #2EBCB9 #53D5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#228B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#228B89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B89

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B89	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)

#828489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73798A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.091 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70adab',
    500: '#228b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b89;
$custom-light: #70adab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.857,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57996,
    "c": 0.09069,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.20611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B89

secondary

#B85052

accent

#4447E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B89

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

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