#228B8B#228B8B

#228B8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.090 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B8B
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 139)
HSL	hsl(180, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(180, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.58, -28.15, -8.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.58, 29.37, 196.60°)
OKLab	oklab(58.07% -0.0874 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(58.07% 0.09 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.5504, 20.6676, 27.6435)
Luminance	0.2067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B8B #8B2222

analogous

#228B57 #228B8B #22578B

triadic

#228B8B #8B228B #8B8B22

tetradic

#228B8B #57228B #8B2222 #578B22

square

#228B8B #57228B #8B2222 #578B22

split-complementary

#228B8B #8B2257 #8B5722

monochromatic

#0A2929 #165A5A #228B8B #2EBCBC #53D5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#228B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#228B8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B8B

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B8B	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	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)

#81848B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72798C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.090 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70adac',
    500: '#228b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b8b;
$custom-light: #70adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5807,
    "c": 0.09049,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B8B

secondary

#B85050

accent

#4444E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B8B

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

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