#228D8A#228D8A

#228D8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.092 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228D8A
RGB	rgb(34, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(178, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.19, -29.43, -6.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.19, 30.23, 193.20°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% -0.09 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.092 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.7699, 21.2230, 27.3579)
Luminance	0.2122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228D8A #8D2225

analogous

#228D55 #228D8A #225B8D

triadic

#228D8A #8A228D #8D8A22

tetradic

#228D8A #55228D #8D2225 #5B8D22

square

#228D8A #55228D #8D2225 #5B8D22

split-complementary

#228D8A #8D225B #8D5522

monochromatic

#0A2A29 #165C5A #228D8A #2EBEBA #54D6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#228D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#228D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228D8A

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228D8A	1.00	4.00	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.00	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)

#84868A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.092 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afac',
    500: '#228d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228d8a;
$custom-light: #70afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.318,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58554,
    "c": 0.09201,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228D8A

secondary

#B95154

accent

#4448E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228D8A

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

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