#228B98#228B98

#228B98 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.092 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B98
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 152)
HSL	hsl(187, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(187, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 8.6%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.03, -24.02, -15.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.03, 28.46, 212.43°)
OKLab	oklab(58.58% -0.0816 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(58.58% 0.092 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.5573, 21.0704, 32.9467)
Luminance	0.2107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B98 #982F22

analogous

#22986A #228B98 #225098

triadic

#228B98 #98228B #8B9822

tetradic

#228B98 #6A2298 #982F22 #509822

square

#228B98 #6A2298 #982F22 #509822

split-complementary

#228B98 #982250 #986A22

monochromatic

#0C3034 #175D66 #228B98 #2DB9CA #5ACCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#228B98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#228B98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B98

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B98	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)

#7E8599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.092 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72adb6',
    500: '#228b98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b98;
$custom-light: #72adb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.61,
    "s": 63.441,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58575,
    "c": 0.09196,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B98

secondary

#BE6357

accent

#5441E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B98

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

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