#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
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 134)
HSL	hsl(176, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(176, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 5.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.39, -31.11, -4.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.39, 31.41, 187.87°)
OKLab	oklab(58.67% -0.0929 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(58.67% 0.094 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.6337, 21.4055, 25.9101)
Luminance	0.2141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##228E86	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)

#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

Preview with #228E86

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

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