#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
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 135)
HSL	hsl(176, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(176, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 4.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.42, -30.82, -4.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.42, 31.19, 188.91°)
OKLab	oklab(58.71% -0.0924 -0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(58.71% 0.093 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.7038, 21.4336, 26.2791)
Luminance	0.2144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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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
##228E87	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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