#228C8B#228C8B

#228C8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.091 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228C8B
RGB	rgb(34, 140, 139)
HSL	hsl(179, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(179, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.90, -28.64, -7.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.90, 29.71, 195.45°)
OKLab	oklab(58.33% -0.0885 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(58.33% 0.091 194)
XYZ	xyz(14.6958, 20.9585, 27.6920)
Luminance	0.2096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228C8B #8C2223

analogous

#228C56 #228C8B #22588C

triadic

#228C8B #8B228C #8C8B22

tetradic

#228C8B #56228C #8C2223 #588C22

square

#228C8B #56228C #8C2223 #588C22

split-complementary

#228C8B #8C2258 #8C5622

monochromatic

#0A2A29 #165B5A #228C8B #2EBDBC #53D5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#228C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#228C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228C8B

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228C8B	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83858B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 140, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.091 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aeac',
    500: '#228c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228c8b;
$custom-light: #70aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.434,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5833,
    "c": 0.09117,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.2096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228C8B

secondary

#B95152

accent

#4445E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228C8B

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

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