#228E85#228E85

#228E85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.094 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E85
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 133)
HSL	hsl(175, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(175, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 6.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.36, -31.41, -3.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.36, 31.63, 186.83°)
OKLab	oklab(58.64% -0.0934 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(58.64% 0.094 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.5643, 21.3778, 25.5445)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E85 #8E222B

analogous

#228E4F #228E85 #22618E

triadic

#228E85 #85228E #8E8522

tetradic

#228E85 #4F228E #8E222B #618E22

square

#228E85 #4F228E #8E222B #618E22

split-complementary

#228E85 #8E2261 #8E4F22

monochromatic

#0A2B29 #165D57 #228E85 #2EBFB3 #54D6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#228E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#228E85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E85

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E85	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777B86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.094 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa8',
    500: '#228e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e85;
$custom-light: #70afa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5864,
    "c": 0.09399,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E85

secondary

#BA525B

accent

#4351E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E85

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

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