#228C9A#228C9A

#228C9A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.093 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228C9A
RGB	rgb(34, 140, 154)
HSL	hsl(187, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(187, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.9%, 9.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.41, -23.88, -15.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.41, 28.65, 213.53°)
OKLab	oklab(58.91% -0.0817 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(58.91% 0.093 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.8679, 21.4274, 33.8652)
Luminance	0.2143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228C9A #9A3022

analogous

#229A6C #228C9A #22509A

triadic

#228C9A #9A228C #8C9A22

tetradic

#228C9A #6C229A #9A3022 #509A22

square

#228C9A #6C229A #9A3022 #509A22

split-complementary

#228C9A #9A2250 #9A6C22

monochromatic

#0C3136 #175E68 #228C9A #2DBACC #5BCCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#228C9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#228C9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228C9A

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228C9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228C9A	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F869B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228c9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 140, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.093 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aeb7',
    500: '#228c9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228c9a;
$custom-light: #72aeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228c9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58912,
    "c": 0.09284,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228C9A

secondary

#BF6458

accent

#5441E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228C9A

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

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