#228B8E#228B8E

#228B8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.090 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B8E
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 142)
HSL	hsl(182, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(182, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 2.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.68, -27.21, -9.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.68, 28.99, 200.15°)
OKLab	oklab(58.18% -0.086 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(58.18% 0.09 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.7726, 20.7565, 28.8138)
Luminance	0.2076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B8E #8E2522

analogous

#228E5B #228B8E #22558E

triadic

#228B8E #8E228B #8B8E22

tetradic

#228B8E #5B228E #8E2522 #558E22

square

#228B8E #5B228E #8E2522 #558E22

split-complementary

#228B8E #8E2255 #8E5B22

monochromatic

#0A2A2B #165B5D #228B8E #2EBBBF #54D3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#228B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#228B8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B8E

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B8E	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81848E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71798F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.090 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71adaf',
    500: '#228b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b8e;
$custom-light: #71adaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.667,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58182,
    "c": 0.09041,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B8E

secondary

#BA5552

accent

#4843E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B8E

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

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