#228D88#228D88

#228D88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.092 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228D88
RGB	rgb(34, 141, 136)
HSL	hsl(177, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(177, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 0%, 3.5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.13, -30.04, -5.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.13, 30.60, 191.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.48% -0.0909 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(58.48% 0.092 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.6264, 21.1656, 26.6023)
Luminance	0.2117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228D88 #8D2227

analogous

#228D53 #228D88 #225D8D

triadic

#228D88 #88228D #8D8822

tetradic

#228D88 #53228D #8D2227 #5D8D22

square

#228D88 #53228D #8D2227 #5D8D22

split-complementary

#228D88 #8D225D #8D5322

monochromatic

#0A2A29 #165C58 #228D88 #2EBEB8 #54D6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#228D88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#228D88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228D88

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228D88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228D88	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	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)

#848588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228d88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 141, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.092 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afaa',
    500: '#228d88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228d88;
$custom-light: #70afaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228d88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.196,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58482,
    "c": 0.09237,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228D88

secondary

#B95156

accent

#444BE4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228D88

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

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