#228B9E#228B9E

#228B9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.094 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B9E
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 158)
HSL	hsl(189, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(189, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 12%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.25, -22.05, -18.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.25, 28.71, 219.84°)
OKLab	oklab(58.83% -0.079 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(58.83% 0.094 213)
XYZ	xyz(16.0612, 21.2720, 35.6005)
Luminance	0.2127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B9E #9E3522

analogous

#229E73 #228B9E #224D9E

triadic

#228B9E #9E228B #8B9E22

tetradic

#228B9E #73229E #9E3522 #4D9E22

square

#228B9E #73229E #9E3522 #4D9E22

split-complementary

#228B9E #9E224D #9E7322

monochromatic

#0C3239 #175F6C #228B9E #2DB7D0 #5EC9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#228B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#228B9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B9E

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B9E	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)

#7D869F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.094 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73adba',
    500: '#228b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b9e;
$custom-light: #73adba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.194,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58825,
    "c": 0.09419,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.21274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B9E

secondary

#C16A5B

accent

#5A40E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B9E

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

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