#228C83#228C83

#228C83 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.093 H 186.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228C83
RGB	rgb(34, 140, 131)
HSL	hsl(175, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(175, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 0%, 6.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.66, -31.04, -3.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.66, 31.26, 186.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% -0.0922 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.093 186.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.1325, 20.7332, 24.7254)
Luminance	0.2074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228C83 #8C222B

analogous

#228C4E #228C83 #22608C

triadic

#228C83 #83228C #8C8322

tetradic

#228C83 #4E228C #8C222B #608C22

square

#228C83 #4E228C #8C222B #608C22

split-complementary

#228C83 #8C2260 #8C4E22

monochromatic

#0A2A27 #165B55 #228C83 #2EBDB1 #53D5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#228C83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#228C83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228C83

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228C83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228C83	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848483

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767984

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228c83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 140, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.093 186.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aea7',
    500: '#228c83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228c83;
$custom-light: #70aea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228c83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.906,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58046,
    "c": 0.09283,
    "h": 186.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228C83

secondary

#B9515A

accent

#4451E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228C83

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

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