#228B9A#228B9A

#228B9A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.093 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B9A
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 154)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(188, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.9%, 9.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.10, -23.37, -16.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.10, 28.49, 214.91°)
OKLab	oklab(58.66% -0.0807 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(58.66% 0.093 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.7225, 21.1365, 33.8167)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B9A #9A3122

analogous

#229A6D #228B9A #224F9A

triadic

#228B9A #9A228B #8B9A22

tetradic

#228B9A #6D229A #9A3122 #4F9A22

square

#228B9A #6D229A #9A3122 #4F9A22

split-complementary

#228B9A #9A224F #9A6D22

monochromatic

#0C3136 #175E68 #228B9A #2DB8CC #5BCBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#228B9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#228B9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B9A

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B9A	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E869B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.093 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72adb7',
    500: '#228b9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b9a;
$custom-light: #72adb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58657,
    "c": 0.0926,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B9A

secondary

#BF6558

accent

#5641E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B9A

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

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