#228D9F#228D9F

#228D9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.095 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228D9F
RGB	rgb(34, 141, 159)
HSL	hsl(189, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(189, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 11.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, -22.76, -17.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 28.99, 218.27°)
OKLab	oklab(59.37% -0.0806 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(59.37% 0.095 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.4399, 21.8910, 36.1531)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228D9F #9F3422

analogous

#229F72 #228D9F #224E9F

triadic

#228D9F #9F228D #8D9F22

tetradic

#228D9F #72229F #9F3422 #4E9F22

square

#228D9F #72229F #9F3422 #4E9F22

split-complementary

#228D9F #9F224E #9F7222

monochromatic

#0C343A #17606D #228D9F #2DBAD1 #5FCBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#228D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#228D9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228D9F

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228D9F	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F88A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 141, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.095 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aebb',
    500: '#228d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228d9f;
$custom-light: #73aebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.64,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59374,
    "c": 0.09486,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228D9F

secondary

#C16A5B

accent

#5840E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228D9F

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

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