#228C87#228C87

#228C87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.092 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228C87
RGB	rgb(34, 140, 135)
HSL	hsl(177, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(177, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 0%, 3.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.78, -29.85, -5.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.78, 30.41, 190.96°)
OKLab	oklab(58.19% -0.0903 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(58.19% 0.092 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.4089, 20.8438, 26.1808)
Luminance	0.2085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228C87 #8C2227

analogous

#228C52 #228C87 #225C8C

triadic

#228C87 #87228C #8C8722

tetradic

#228C87 #52228C #8C2227 #5C8C22

square

#228C87 #52228C #8C2227 #5C8C22

split-complementary

#228C87 #8C225C #8C5222

monochromatic

#0A2A28 #165B58 #228C87 #2EBDB6 #53D5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#228C87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#228C87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228C87

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228C87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228C87	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228c87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 140, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.092 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aea9',
    500: '#228c87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228c87;
$custom-light: #70aea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228c87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.17,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58186,
    "c": 0.09178,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228C87

secondary

#B95156

accent

#444BE4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228C87

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

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