#228B8A#228B8A

#228B8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.091 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B8A
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(179, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(179, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.55, -28.45, -7.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.55, 29.52, 195.44°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% -0.0879 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.091 194)
XYZ	xyz(14.4776, 20.6385, 27.2604)
Luminance	0.2064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B8A #8B2223

analogous

#228B56 #228B8A #22588B

triadic

#228B8A #8A228B #8B8A22

tetradic

#228B8A #56228B #8B2223 #588B22

square

#228B8A #56228B #8B2223 #588B22

split-complementary

#228B8A #8B2258 #8B5622

monochromatic

#0A2928 #165A59 #228B8A #2EBCBB #53D5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#228B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#228B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B8A

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B8A	1.00	4.10	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82848A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73798B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.091 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70adac',
    500: '#228b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b8a;
$custom-light: #70adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.429,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58033,
    "c": 0.09057,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.2064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B8A

secondary

#B85051

accent

#4445E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B8A

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

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