#228C8F#228C8F

#228C8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.091 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228C8F
RGB	rgb(34, 140, 143)
HSL	hsl(182, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(182, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 2.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.03, -27.40, -10.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.03, 29.18, 200.12°)
OKLab	oklab(58.48% -0.0866 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(58.48% 0.091 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.9934, 21.0776, 29.2594)
Luminance	0.2108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228C8F #8F2522

analogous

#228F5B #228C8F #22568F

triadic

#228C8F #8F228C #8C8F22

tetradic

#228C8F #5B228F #8F2522 #568F22

square

#228C8F #5B228F #8F2522 #568F22

split-complementary

#228C8F #8F2256 #8F5B22

monochromatic

#0A2B2C #165C5E #228C8F #2EBCC0 #55D3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#228C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#228C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228C8F

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228C8F	1.00	4.03	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82858F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727A90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 140, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.091 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aeaf',
    500: '#228c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228c8f;
$custom-light: #71aeaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.651,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58479,
    "c": 0.091,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228C8F

secondary

#BA5552

accent

#4843E5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228C8F

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

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