#228D9E#228D9E

#228D9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.094 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228D9E
RGB	rgb(34, 141, 158)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(188, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 10.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.87, -23.09, -17.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.87, 28.93, 217.06°)
OKLab	oklab(59.33% -0.081 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(59.33% 0.094 211)
XYZ	xyz(16.3534, 21.8564, 35.6979)
Luminance	0.2186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228D9E #9E3322

analogous

#229E71 #228D9E #224F9E

triadic

#228D9E #9E228D #8D9E22

tetradic

#228D9E #71229E #9E3322 #4F9E22

square

#228D9E #71229E #9E3322 #4F9E22

split-complementary

#228D9E #9E224F #9E7122

monochromatic

#0C3339 #17606C #228D9E #2DBAD0 #5ECBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#228D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#228D9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228D9E

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228D9E	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F889F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 141, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.094 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aeba',
    500: '#228d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228d9e;
$custom-light: #73aeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.226,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59332,
    "c": 0.09446,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.21858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228D9E

secondary

#C1695B

accent

#5740E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228D9E

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

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