#228B97#228B97

#228B97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.092 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B97
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 151)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(186, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.5%, 7.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.99, -24.35, -14.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.99, 28.46, 211.18°)
OKLab	oklab(58.54% -0.082 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(58.54% 0.092 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.4758, 21.0378, 32.5172)
Luminance	0.2104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B97 #972E22

analogous

#229769 #228B97 #225197

triadic

#228B97 #97228B #8B9722

tetradic

#228B97 #692297 #972E22 #519722

square

#228B97 #692297 #972E22 #519722

split-complementary

#228B97 #972251 #976922

monochromatic

#0C2F33 #175D65 #228B97 #2DB9C9 #5ACDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#228B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#228B97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B97

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B97	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.092 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72adb5',
    500: '#228b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b97;
$custom-light: #72adb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.154,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58535,
    "c": 0.09168,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B97

secondary

#BE6157

accent

#5242E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B97

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

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