#228D8F#228D8F

#228D8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.092 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228D8F
RGB	rgb(34, 141, 143)
HSL	hsl(181, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 1.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.35, -27.90, -9.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.35, 29.49, 198.91°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% -0.0876 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.092 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.1402, 21.3712, 29.3084)
Luminance	0.2137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228D8F #8F2422

analogous

#228F5B #228D8F #22578F

triadic

#228D8F #8F228D #8D8F22

tetradic

#228D8F #5B228F #8F2422 #578F22

square

#228D8F #5B228F #8F2422 #578F22

split-complementary

#228D8F #8F2257 #8F5B22

monochromatic

#0A2B2C #165C5E #228D8F #2EBEC0 #55D4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#228D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#228D8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228D8F

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228D8F	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	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)

#83868F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 141, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.092 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afaf',
    500: '#228d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228d8f;
$custom-light: #71afaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.101,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58738,
    "c": 0.09159,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228D8F

secondary

#BA5452

accent

#4643E5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228D8F

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

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