#228C84#228C84

#228C84 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.093 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228C84
RGB	rgb(34, 140, 132)
HSL	hsl(175, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(175, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 0%, 5.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.69, -30.75, -4.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.69, 31.03, 187.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.08% -0.0918 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(58.08% 0.093 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.2006, 20.7605, 25.0841)
Luminance	0.2076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228C84 #8C222A

analogous

#228C4F #228C84 #225F8C

triadic

#228C84 #84228C #8C8422

tetradic

#228C84 #4F228C #8C222A #5F8C22

square

#228C84 #4F228C #8C222A #5F8C22

split-complementary

#228C84 #8C225F #8C4F22

monochromatic

#0A2A27 #165B56 #228C84 #2EBDB2 #53D5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#228C84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#228C84 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228C84

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228C84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228C84	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)

#848484

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757985

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228c84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 140, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.093 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aea7',
    500: '#228c84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228c84;
$custom-light: #70aea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228c84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.472,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58081,
    "c": 0.09253,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228C84

secondary

#B95159

accent

#4450E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228C84

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

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