#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
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 136)
HSL	hsl(177, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(177, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 4.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.45, -30.52, -5.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.45, 30.99, 189.97°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% -0.0919 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.093 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.7745, 21.4619, 26.6517)
Luminance	0.2146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##228E88	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)

#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

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

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