#228C9D#228C9D

#228C9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.094 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228C9D
RGB	rgb(34, 140, 157)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(188, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 10.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.52, -22.90, -17.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.52, 28.76, 217.22°)
OKLab	oklab(59.04% -0.0804 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(59.04% 0.094 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.1209, 21.5286, 35.1975)
Luminance	0.2153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228C9D #9D3322

analogous

#229D71 #228C9D #224E9D

triadic

#228C9D #9D228C #8C9D22

tetradic

#228C9D #71229D #9D3322 #4E9D22

square

#228C9D #71229D #9D3322 #4E9D22

split-complementary

#228C9D #9D224E #9D7122

monochromatic

#0C3238 #175F6B #228C9D #2DB9CF #5DCBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#228C9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#228C9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228C9D

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228C9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228C9D	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E879E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228c9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 140, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.094 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aeba',
    500: '#228c9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228c9d;
$custom-light: #73aeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228c9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.293,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59037,
    "c": 0.09391,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228C9D

secondary

#C1685A

accent

#5740E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228C9D

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

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