#228C91#228C91

#228C91 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.091 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228C91
RGB	rgb(34, 140, 145)
HSL	hsl(183, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(183, 77%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 3.4%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.10, -26.77, -11.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.10, 28.98, 202.51°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% -0.0857 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.091 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.1463, 21.1387, 30.0645)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228C91 #912722

analogous

#22915F #228C91 #225491

triadic

#228C91 #91228C #8C9122

tetradic

#228C91 #5F2291 #912722 #549122

square

#228C91 #5F2291 #912722 #549122

split-complementary

#228C91 #912254 #915F22

monochromatic

#0B2C2E #165C5F #228C91 #2EBCC3 #56D2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#228C91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#228C91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228C91

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228C91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228C91	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727A92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228c91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 140, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.091 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aeb1',
    500: '#228c91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228c91;
$custom-light: #71aeb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228c91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.703,
    "s": 62.011,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58555,
    "c": 0.09108,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228C91

secondary

#BB5853

accent

#4A43E5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F5

border

#C8CECF

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228C91

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

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