#228D8D#228D8D

#228D8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.092 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228D8D
RGB	rgb(34, 141, 141)
HSL	hsl(180, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(180, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 0%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.29, -28.51, -8.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.29, 29.75, 196.60°)
OKLab	oklab(58.66% -0.0886 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(58.66% 0.092 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.9901, 21.3111, 28.5176)
Luminance	0.2131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228D8D #8D2222

analogous

#228D58 #228D8D #22588D

triadic

#228D8D #8D228D #8D8D22

tetradic

#228D8D #58228D #8D2222 #588D22

square

#228D8D #58228D #8D2222 #588D22

split-complementary

#228D8D #8D2258 #8D5822

monochromatic

#0A2A2A #165C5C #228D8D #2EBEBE #54D6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#228D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#228D8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228D8D

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228D8D	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83868D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 141, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.092 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afae',
    500: '#228d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228d8d;
$custom-light: #71afae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58663,
    "c": 0.09168,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228D8D

secondary

#B95151

accent

#4444E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228D8D

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

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