#228B9F#228B9F

#228B9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.095 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228B9F
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 159)
HSL	hsl(190, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(190, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 12.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.28, -21.71, -18.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.28, 28.79, 221.06°)
OKLab	oklab(58.87% -0.0786 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(58.87% 0.095 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.1476, 21.3065, 36.0557)
Luminance	0.2131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228B9F #9F3622

analogous

#229F74 #228B9F #224C9F

triadic

#228B9F #9F228B #8B9F22

tetradic

#228B9F #74229F #9F3622 #4C9F22

square

#228B9F #74229F #9F3622 #4C9F22

split-complementary

#228B9F #9F224C #9F7422

monochromatic

#0C333A #175F6D #228B9F #2DB7D1 #5FC9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#228B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#228B9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228B9F

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228B9F	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C86A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 139, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.095 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73adbb',
    500: '#228b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228b9f;
$custom-light: #73adbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.6,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58868,
    "c": 0.09465,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228B9F

secondary

#C16C5B

accent

#5B40E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228B9F

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

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