#228E83#228E83

#228E83 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.095 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E83
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 131)
HSL	hsl(174, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(174, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 7.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.30, -31.99, -2.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.30, 32.11, 184.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.57% -0.0943 -0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(58.57% 0.095 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.4274, 21.3230, 24.8237)
Luminance	0.2132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E83 #8E222D

analogous

#228E4D #228E83 #22638E

triadic

#228E83 #83228E #8E8322

tetradic

#228E83 #4D228E #8E222D #638E22

square

#228E83 #4D228E #8E222D #638E22

split-complementary

#228E83 #8E2263 #8E4D22

monochromatic

#0A2B28 #165D55 #228E83 #2EBFB1 #54D6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#228E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#228E83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E83

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E83	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878683

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787B84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.095 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa7',
    500: '#228e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e83;
$custom-light: #70afa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.889,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58572,
    "c": 0.09466,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E83

secondary

#BA525C

accent

#4354E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E83

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

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