#228D85#228D85

#228D85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.093 H 187.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228D85
RGB	rgb(34, 141, 133)
HSL	hsl(176, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(176, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 0%, 5.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.04, -30.93, -4.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.04, 31.22, 187.80°)
OKLab	oklab(58.38% -0.0923 -0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(58.38% 0.093 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.4162, 21.0815, 25.4951)
Luminance	0.2108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228D85 #8D222A

analogous

#228D50 #228D85 #22608D

triadic

#228D85 #85228D #8D8522

tetradic

#228D85 #50228D #8D222A #608D22

square

#228D85 #50228D #8D222A #608D22

split-complementary

#228D85 #8D2260 #8D5022

monochromatic

#0A2A28 #165C56 #228D85 #2EBEB4 #54D6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#228D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#228D85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228D85

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228D85	1.00	4.03	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858585

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767A86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 141, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.093 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa8',
    500: '#228d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228d85;
$custom-light: #70afa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.514,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58377,
    "c": 0.09311,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228D85

secondary

#B95159

accent

#4450E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228D85

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

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