#228C88#228C88

#228C88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.092 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228C88
RGB	rgb(34, 140, 136)
HSL	hsl(178, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(178, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 0%, 2.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.81, -29.55, -6.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.81, 30.22, 192.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.22% -0.0899 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(58.22% 0.092 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.4796, 20.8721, 26.5534)
Luminance	0.2087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228C88 #8C2226

analogous

#228C53 #228C88 #225B8C

triadic

#228C88 #88228C #8C8822

tetradic

#228C88 #53228C #8C2226 #5B8C22

square

#228C88 #53228C #8C2226 #5B8C22

split-complementary

#228C88 #8C225B #8C5322

monochromatic

#0A2A28 #165B58 #228C88 #2EBDB8 #53D5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#228C88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#228C88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228C88

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228C88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228C88	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)

#838488

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228c88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 140, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.092 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aeaa',
    500: '#228c88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228c88;
$custom-light: #70aeaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228c88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.736,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58221,
    "c": 0.09158,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228C88

secondary

#B95155

accent

#444AE4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228C88

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

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