#228C86#228C86

#228C86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.092 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228C86
RGB	rgb(34, 140, 134)
HSL	hsl(177, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(177, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 0%, 4.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.75, -30.15, -5.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.75, 30.61, 189.88°)
OKLab	oklab(58.15% -0.0908 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(58.15% 0.092 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.3388, 20.8157, 25.8118)
Luminance	0.2082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228C86 #8C2228

analogous

#228C51 #228C86 #225D8C

triadic

#228C86 #86228C #8C8622

tetradic

#228C86 #51228C #8C2228 #5D8C22

square

#228C86 #51228C #8C2228 #5D8C22

split-complementary

#228C86 #8C225D #8C5122

monochromatic

#0A2A28 #165B57 #228C86 #2EBDB5 #53D5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#228C86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#228C86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228C86

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228C86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228C86	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848486

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228c86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 140, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.092 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aea9',
    500: '#228c86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228c86;
$custom-light: #70aea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228c86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.604,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5815,
    "c": 0.09201,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228C86

secondary

#B95157

accent

#444DE4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228C86

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

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