#228C99#228C99

#228C99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.093 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228C99
RGB	rgb(34, 140, 153)
HSL	hsl(187, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(187, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 8.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.38, -24.21, -15.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.38, 28.64, 212.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.87% -0.0821 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(58.87% 0.093 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.7850, 21.3942, 33.4284)
Luminance	0.2140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228C99 #992F22

analogous

#22996B #228C99 #225199

triadic

#228C99 #99228C #8C9922

tetradic

#228C99 #6B2299 #992F22 #519922

square

#228C99 #6B2299 #992F22 #519922

split-complementary

#228C99 #992251 #996B22

monochromatic

#0C3035 #175E67 #228C99 #2DBACB #5BCDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#228C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#228C99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228C99

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228C99	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F869A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 140, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.093 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aeb7',
    500: '#228c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228c99;
$custom-light: #72aeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.555,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58871,
    "c": 0.09253,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228C99

secondary

#BF6358

accent

#5341E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228C99

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

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