#228D98#228D98

#228D98 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.093 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228D98
RGB	rgb(34, 141, 152)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(186, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 7.2%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.66, -25.04, -14.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.66, 28.84, 209.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59.09% -0.0836 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(59.09% 0.093 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.8496, 21.6549, 33.0441)
Luminance	0.2166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228D98 #982D22

analogous

#229868 #228D98 #225298

triadic

#228D98 #98228D #8D9822

tetradic

#228D98 #682298 #982D22 #529822

square

#228D98 #682298 #982D22 #529822

split-complementary

#228D98 #982252 #986822

monochromatic

#0C3034 #175F66 #228D98 #2DBBCA #5ACEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#228D98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#228D98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228D98

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228D98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228D98	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228d98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 141, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.093 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aeb6',
    500: '#228d98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228d98;
$custom-light: #72aeb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228d98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.593,
    "s": 63.441,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59087,
    "c": 0.09259,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228D98

secondary

#BE6157

accent

#5141E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228D98

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

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