#228D8E#228D8E

#228D8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.092 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228D8E
RGB	rgb(34, 141, 142)
HSL	hsl(181, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.32, -28.21, -9.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.32, 29.62, 197.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.7% -0.0881 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(58.7% 0.092 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.0648, 21.3410, 28.9112)
Luminance	0.2134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228D8E #8E2322

analogous

#228E59 #228D8E #22578E

triadic

#228D8E #8E228D #8D8E22

tetradic

#228D8E #59228E #8E2322 #578E22

square

#228D8E #59228E #8E2322 #578E22

split-complementary

#228D8E #8E2257 #8E5922

monochromatic

#0A2B2B #165C5D #228D8E #2EBEBF #54D5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#228D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#228D8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228D8E

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228D8E	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83868E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 141, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.092 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afaf',
    500: '#228d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228d8e;
$custom-light: #71afaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.556,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.587,
    "c": 0.09162,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228D8E

secondary

#BA5352

accent

#4543E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228D8E

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

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