#228E86#228E86

#228E86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.094 H 187.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#228E86
RGBrgb(34, 142, 134)
HSLhsl(176, 61%, 35%)
HSVhsv(176, 76%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(76.1%, 0%, 5.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(53.39, -31.11, -4.30)
CIE-LCHlch(53.39, 31.41, 187.87°)
OKLaboklab(58.67% -0.0929 -0.0121)
OKLCHoklch(58.67% 0.094 187.4)
XYZxyz(14.6337, 21.4055, 25.9101)
Luminance0.2141 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#228E86 #8E222A
analogous
#228E50 #228E86 #22608E
triadic
#228E86 #86228E #8E8622
tetradic
#228E86 #50228E #8E222A #608E22
square
#228E86 #50228E #8E222A #608E22
split-complementary
#228E86 #8E2260 #8E5022
monochromatic
#0A2B29 #165D57 #228E86 #2EBFB5 #54D6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98
#228E86 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28
#228E86 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E86
5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##228E86#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##228E861.003.985.285.28
#FFFFFF3.981.0021.0021.00
#0000005.2821.001.001.00
##0000005.2821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#868686
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#777B87
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00928B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #228e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.094 187.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa9',
    500: '#228e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #228e86;
$custom-light: #70afa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#228e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.556,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58674,
    "c": 0.09369,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#228E86
secondary
#BA525A
accent
#434FE4
background
#F7FAFA
surface
#EDF4F4
border
#C8CECE
text
#09100F
muted
#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

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#228E86 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva