#228E88#228E88

#228E88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.093 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#228E88
RGBrgb(34, 142, 136)
HSLhsl(177, 61%, 35%)
HSVhsv(177, 76%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(76.1%, 0%, 4.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(53.45, -30.52, -5.36)
CIE-LCHlch(53.45, 30.99, 189.97°)
OKLaboklab(58.74% -0.0919 -0.015)
OKLCHoklch(58.74% 0.093 189.3)
XYZxyz(14.7745, 21.4619, 26.6517)
Luminance0.2146 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#228E88 #8E2228
analogous
#228E52 #228E88 #225E8E
triadic
#228E88 #88228E #8E8822
tetradic
#228E88 #52228E #8E2228 #5E8E22
square
#228E88 #52228E #8E2228 #5E8E22
split-complementary
#228E88 #8E225E #8E5222
monochromatic
#0A2B29 #165D59 #228E88 #2EBFB7 #54D6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97
#228E88 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29
#228E88 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E88
5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##228E88#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##228E881.003.975.295.29
#FFFFFF3.971.0021.0021.00
#0000005.2921.001.001.00
##0000005.2921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#868688
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#767B89
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00928C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #228e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.093 189.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afaa',
    500: '#228e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #228e88;
$custom-light: #70afaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#228e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.667,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58744,
    "c": 0.09317,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#228E88
secondary
#BA5258
accent
#434CE4
background
#F7FAFA
surface
#EDF4F4
border
#C8CECE
text
#091010
muted
#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E88

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#228E88 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva