#228E82#228E82

#228E82 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.095 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E82
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 130)
HSL	hsl(173, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(173, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 8.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.27, -32.28, -2.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.27, 32.36, 183.83°)
OKLab	oklab(58.54% -0.0948 -0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(58.54% 0.095 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.3600, 21.2961, 24.4685)
Luminance	0.2130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E82 #8E222E

analogous

#228E4C #228E82 #22648E

triadic

#228E82 #82228E #8E8222

tetradic

#228E82 #4C228E #8E222E #648E22

square

#228E82 #4C228E #8E222E #648E22

split-complementary

#228E82 #8E2264 #8E4C22

monochromatic

#0A2B28 #165D55 #228E82 #2EBFAF #54D6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#228E82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#228E82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E82

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E82	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787B83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.095 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa6',
    500: '#228e82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e82;
$custom-light: #70afa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58538,
    "c": 0.09503,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E82

secondary

#BA525D

accent

#4355E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E82

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

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