#228E87#228E87

#228E87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.093 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#228E87
RGBrgb(34, 142, 135)
HSLhsl(176, 61%, 35%)
HSVhsv(176, 76%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(76.1%, 0%, 4.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(53.42, -30.82, -4.83)
CIE-LCHlch(53.42, 31.19, 188.91°)
OKLaboklab(58.71% -0.0924 -0.0136)
OKLCHoklch(58.71% 0.093 188.4)
XYZxyz(14.7038, 21.4336, 26.2791)
Luminance0.2144 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#228E87 #8E2229
analogous
#228E51 #228E87 #225F8E
triadic
#228E87 #87228E #8E8722
tetradic
#228E87 #51228E #8E2229 #5F8E22
square
#228E87 #51228E #8E2229 #5F8E22
split-complementary
#228E87 #8E225F #8E5122
monochromatic
#0A2B29 #165D58 #228E87 #2EBFB6 #54D6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97
#228E87 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29
#228E87 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E87
5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##228E87#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##228E871.003.975.295.29
#FFFFFF3.971.0021.0021.00
#0000005.2921.001.001.00
##0000005.2921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#868687
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#777B88
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00928C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #228e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.093 188.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa9',
    500: '#228e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #228e87;
$custom-light: #70afa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#228e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.111,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58709,
    "c": 0.09342,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#228E87
secondary
#BA5259
accent
#434EE4
background
#F7FAFA
surface
#EDF4F4
border
#C8CECE
text
#091010
muted
#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E87

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#228E87 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva