#228D86#228D86

#228D86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.093 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228D86
RGB	rgb(34, 141, 134)
HSL	hsl(176, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(176, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 0%, 5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.07, -30.63, -4.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.07, 31.00, 188.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.41% -0.0919 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(58.41% 0.093 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.4856, 21.1093, 25.8607)
Luminance	0.2111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228D86 #8D2229

analogous

#228D51 #228D86 #225F8D

triadic

#228D86 #86228D #8D8622

tetradic

#228D86 #51228D #8D2229 #5F8D22

square

#228D86 #51228D #8D2229 #5F8D22

split-complementary

#228D86 #8D225F #8D5122

monochromatic

#0A2A28 #165C57 #228D86 #2EBEB5 #54D6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#228D86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#228D86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228D86

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228D86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228D86	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	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)

#858586

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228d86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 141, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.093 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa9',
    500: '#228d86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228d86;
$custom-light: #70afa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228d86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.075,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58412,
    "c": 0.09284,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228D86

secondary

#B95158

accent

#444EE4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228D86

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

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