#228C95#228C95

#228C95 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.092 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228C95
RGB	rgb(34, 140, 149)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(185, 77%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 6%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.24, -25.50, -13.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.24, 28.72, 207.38°)
OKLab	oklab(58.71% -0.0839 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(58.71% 0.092 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.4602, 21.2643, 31.7175)
Luminance	0.2127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228C95 #952B22

analogous

#229564 #228C95 #225295

triadic

#228C95 #95228C #8C9522

tetradic

#228C95 #642295 #952B22 #529522

square

#228C95 #642295 #952B22 #529522

split-complementary

#228C95 #952252 #956422

monochromatic

#0B2E31 #175D63 #228C95 #2DBBC7 #58CFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#228C95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#228C95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228C95

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228C95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228C95	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)

#808696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707A95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228c95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 140, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.092 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aeb4',
    500: '#228c95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228c95;
$custom-light: #72aeb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228c95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.696,
    "s": 62.842,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58711,
    "c": 0.09158,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228C95

secondary

#BD5E56

accent

#4F42E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228C95

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

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