#228D89#228D89

#228D89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.092 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228D89
RGB	rgb(34, 141, 137)
HSL	hsl(178, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(178, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.16, -29.73, -6.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.16, 30.41, 192.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58.52% -0.0904 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(58.52% 0.092 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.6978, 21.1942, 26.9783)
Luminance	0.2120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228D89 #8D2226

analogous

#228D54 #228D89 #225C8D

triadic

#228D89 #89228D #8D8922

tetradic

#228D89 #54228D #8D2226 #5C8D22

square

#228D89 #54228D #8D2226 #5C8D22

split-complementary

#228D89 #8D225C #8D5422

monochromatic

#0A2A29 #165C59 #228D89 #2EBEB9 #54D6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#228D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#228D89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228D89

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228D89	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 141, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.092 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afab',
    500: '#228d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228d89;
$custom-light: #70afab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.757,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58518,
    "c": 0.09218,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228D89

secondary

#B95155

accent

#444AE4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228D89

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

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