#228C98#228C98

#228C98 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.092 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228C98
RGB	rgb(34, 140, 152)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(186, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 7.9%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.34, -24.53, -14.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.34, 28.64, 211.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.83% -0.0826 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(58.83% 0.092 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.7028, 21.3613, 32.9952)
Luminance	0.2136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228C98 #982E22

analogous

#229869 #228C98 #225198

triadic

#228C98 #98228C #8C9822

tetradic

#228C98 #692298 #982E22 #519822

square

#228C98 #692298 #982E22 #519822

split-complementary

#228C98 #982251 #986922

monochromatic

#0C3034 #175E66 #228C98 #2DBACA #5ACDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#228C98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#228C98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228C98

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228C98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228C98	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228c98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 140, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.092 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aeb6',
    500: '#228c98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228c98;
$custom-light: #72aeb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228c98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.102,
    "s": 63.441,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58831,
    "c": 0.09226,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228C98

secondary

#BE6257

accent

#5241E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228C98

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

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