#228C96#228C96

#228C96 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.092 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228C96
RGB	rgb(34, 140, 150)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(185, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 6.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.27, -25.18, -13.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.27, 28.68, 208.60°)
OKLab	oklab(58.75% -0.0835 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(58.75% 0.092 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.5403, 21.2964, 32.1398)
Luminance	0.2130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228C96 #962C22

analogous

#229666 #228C96 #225296

triadic

#228C96 #96228C #8C9622

tetradic

#228C96 #662296 #962C22 #529622

square

#228C96 #662296 #962C22 #529622

split-complementary

#228C96 #962252 #966622

monochromatic

#0B2F32 #175D64 #228C96 #2DBBC8 #59CED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#228C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#228C96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228C96

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228C96	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707A96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 140, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.092 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aeb4',
    500: '#228c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228c96;
$custom-light: #72aeb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.172,
    "s": 63.043,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58751,
    "c": 0.09178,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228C96

secondary

#BE5F56

accent

#5042E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228C96

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

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