#228D99#228D99

#228D99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.093 H 206.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228D99
RGB	rgb(34, 141, 153)
HSL	hsl(186, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(186, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 7.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.69, -24.72, -14.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.69, 28.83, 210.95°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% -0.0832 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.093 206.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.9318, 21.6878, 33.4773)
Luminance	0.2169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228D99 #992E22

analogous

#22996A #228D99 #225299

triadic

#228D99 #99228D #8D9922

tetradic

#228D99 #6A2299 #992E22 #529922

square

#228D99 #6A2299 #992E22 #529922

split-complementary

#228D99 #992252 #996A22

monochromatic

#0C3135 #175F67 #228D99 #2DBBCB #5BCEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#228D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#228D99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228D99

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228D99	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80879A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 141, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.093 206.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aeb7',
    500: '#228d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228d99;
$custom-light: #72aeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.05,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59127,
    "c": 0.09283,
    "h": 206.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228D99

secondary

#BF6258

accent

#5241E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228D99

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

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