#228C9E#228C9E

#228C9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.094 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228C9E
RGB	rgb(34, 140, 158)
HSL	hsl(189, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(189, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 11.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.56, -22.57, -17.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.56, 28.81, 218.44°)
OKLab	oklab(59.08% -0.08 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(59.08% 0.094 212)
XYZ	xyz(16.2067, 21.5629, 35.6490)
Luminance	0.2157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228C9E #9E3422

analogous

#229E72 #228C9E #224E9E

triadic

#228C9E #9E228C #8C9E22

tetradic

#228C9E #72229E #9E3422 #4E9E22

square

#228C9E #72229E #9E3422 #4E9E22

split-complementary

#228C9E #9E224E #9E7222

monochromatic

#0C3339 #175F6C #228C9E #2DB9D0 #5ECADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#228C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#228C9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228C9E

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228C9E	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	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)

#7E879F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 140, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.094 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aeba',
    500: '#228c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228c9e;
$custom-light: #73aeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.71,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59079,
    "c": 0.09431,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.21565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228C9E

secondary

#C16A5B

accent

#5940E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228C9E

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

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