#228C94#228C94

#228C94 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.091 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228C94
RGB	rgb(34, 140, 148)
HSL	hsl(184, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(184, 77%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 5.4%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.20, -25.82, -12.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.20, 28.77, 206.15°)
OKLab	oklab(58.67% -0.0844 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(58.67% 0.091 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.3807, 21.2325, 31.2989)
Luminance	0.2123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228C94 #942A22

analogous

#229463 #228C94 #225394

triadic

#228C94 #94228C #8C9422

tetradic

#228C94 #632294 #942A22 #539422

square

#228C94 #632294 #942A22 #539422

split-complementary

#228C94 #942253 #946322

monochromatic

#0B2E30 #175D62 #228C94 #2DBBC6 #58D0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#228C94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#228C94 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228C94

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228C94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228C94	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818695

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717A94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228c94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 140, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.091 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aeb3',
    500: '#228c94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228c94;
$custom-light: #71aeb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228c94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.211,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58672,
    "c": 0.09142,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228C94

secondary

#BD5C55

accent

#4E42E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228C94

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

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