#228B9D#228B9D

#228B9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.094 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B9D
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 157)
HSL	hsl(189, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(189, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 11.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.21, -22.38, -17.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.21, 28.64, 218.61°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% -0.0794 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.094 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.9755, 21.2377, 35.1491)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B9D #9D3422

analogous

#229D71 #228B9D #224E9D

triadic

#228B9D #9D228B #8B9D22

tetradic

#228B9D #71229D #9D3422 #4E9D22

square

#228B9D #71229D #9D3422 #4E9D22

split-complementary

#228B9D #9D224E #9D7122

monochromatic

#0C3238 #175E6B #228B9D #2DB8CF #5DC9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#228B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#228B9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B9D

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B9D	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.094 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72adba',
    500: '#228b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b9d;
$custom-light: #72adba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.78,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58783,
    "c": 0.09375,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B9D

secondary

#C1695A

accent

#5940E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B9D

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

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