#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
RGBrgb(34, 139, 159)
HSLhsl(190, 65%, 38%)
HSVhsv(190, 79%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(78.6%, 12.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LABlab(53.28, -21.71, -18.91)
CIE-LCHlch(53.28, 28.79, 221.06°)
OKLaboklab(58.87% -0.0786 -0.0528)
OKLCHoklch(58.87% 0.095 213.9)
XYZxyz(16.1476, 21.3065, 36.0557)
Luminance0.2131 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##228B9F1.003.995.265.26
#FFFFFF3.991.0021.0021.00
#0000005.2621.001.001.00
##0000005.2621.001.001.00

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

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#228B9F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva