#228C9F#228C9F

#228C9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.095 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228C9F
RGB	rgb(34, 140, 159)
HSL	hsl(189, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(189, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 11.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.60, -22.24, -18.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.60, 28.88, 219.66°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% -0.0796 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.095 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.2931, 21.5974, 36.1042)
Luminance	0.2160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228C9F #9F3522

analogous

#229F73 #228C9F #224D9F

triadic

#228C9F #9F228C #8C9F22

tetradic

#228C9F #73229F #9F3522 #4D9F22

square

#228C9F #73229F #9F3522 #4D9F22

split-complementary

#228C9F #9F224D #9F7322

monochromatic

#0C333A #17606D #228C9F #2DB8D1 #5FCADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#228C9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#228C9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228C9F

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228C9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228C9F	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E87A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7B9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228c9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 140, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.095 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aebb',
    500: '#228c9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228c9f;
$custom-light: #73aebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228c9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.12,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59121,
    "c": 0.09474,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228C9F

secondary

#C16B5B

accent

#5A40E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228C9F

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

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