#228D9A#228D9A

#228D9A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.093 H 207.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228D9A
RGB	rgb(34, 141, 154)
HSL	hsl(187, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(187, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.9%, 8.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.73, -24.40, -15.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.73, 28.82, 212.17°)
OKLab	oklab(59.17% -0.0827 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(59.17% 0.093 207.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.0147, 21.7210, 33.9141)
Luminance	0.2172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228D9A #9A2F22

analogous

#229A6B #228D9A #22519A

triadic

#228D9A #9A228D #8D9A22

tetradic

#228D9A #6B229A #9A2F22 #519A22

square

#228D9A #6B229A #9A2F22 #519A22

split-complementary

#228D9A #9A2251 #9A6B22

monochromatic

#0C3136 #175F68 #228D9A #2DBBCC #5BCDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#228D9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#228D9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228D9A

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228D9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228D9A	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)

#80879B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228d9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 141, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.093 207.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aeb7',
    500: '#228d9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228d9a;
$custom-light: #72aeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228d9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.5,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59167,
    "c": 0.0931,
    "h": 207.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228D9A

secondary

#BF6458

accent

#5341E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228D9A

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

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