#228D87#228D87

#228D87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.093 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228D87
RGB	rgb(34, 141, 135)
HSL	hsl(177, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(177, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 0%, 4.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.10, -30.34, -5.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.10, 30.80, 189.92°)
OKLab	oklab(58.45% -0.0914 -0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(58.45% 0.093 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.5557, 21.1373, 26.2297)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228D87 #8D2228

analogous

#228D52 #228D87 #225D8D

triadic

#228D87 #87228D #8D8722

tetradic

#228D87 #52228D #8D2228 #5D8D22

square

#228D87 #52228D #8D2228 #5D8D22

split-complementary

#228D87 #8D225D #8D5222

monochromatic

#0A2A29 #165C58 #228D87 #2EBEB6 #54D6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#228D87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#228D87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228D87

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228D87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228D87	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858587

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228d87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 141, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.093 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa9',
    500: '#228d87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228d87;
$custom-light: #70afa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228d87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.636,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58447,
    "c": 0.0926,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228D87

secondary

#B95157

accent

#444DE4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228D87

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →