#228B96#228B96

#228B96 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.091 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B96
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 150)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(186, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 7.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.96, -24.67, -14.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.96, 28.47, 209.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% -0.0824 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.091 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.3949, 21.0054, 32.0913)
Luminance	0.2101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B96 #962D22

analogous

#229667 #228B96 #225196

triadic

#228B96 #96228B #8B9622

tetradic

#228B96 #672296 #962D22 #519622

square

#228B96 #672296 #962D22 #519622

split-complementary

#228B96 #962251 #966722

monochromatic

#0B2F32 #175D64 #228B96 #2DB9C8 #59CDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#228B96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#228B96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B96

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B96	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.091 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72adb4',
    500: '#228b96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b96;
$custom-light: #72adb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.69,
    "s": 63.043,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58494,
    "c": 0.09143,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B96

secondary

#BE6056

accent

#5142E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B96

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

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