#228B90#228B90

#228B90 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.090 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B90
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 144)
HSL	hsl(183, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(183, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 3.5%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.75, -26.59, -11.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.75, 28.79, 202.56°)
OKLab	oklab(58.26% -0.0851 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(58.26% 0.09 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.9241, 20.8171, 29.6117)
Luminance	0.2082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B90 #902722

analogous

#22905E #228B90 #225490

triadic

#228B90 #90228B #8B9022

tetradic

#228B90 #5E2290 #902722 #549022

square

#228B90 #5E2290 #902722 #549022

split-complementary

#228B90 #902254 #905E22

monochromatic

#0B2B2D #165B5E #228B90 #2EBBC2 #55D1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#228B90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#228B90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B90

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B90	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717991

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.090 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71adb0',
    500: '#228b90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b90;
$custom-light: #71adb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.727,
    "s": 61.798,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58258,
    "c": 0.09049,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B90

secondary

#BB5853

accent

#4A43E5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B90

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

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