#228E89#228E89

#228E89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.093 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E89
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 137)
HSL	hsl(177, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(177, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 3.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.48, -30.22, -5.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.48, 30.79, 191.04°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% -0.0915 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.093 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.8459, 21.4904, 27.0277)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E89 #8E2227

analogous

#228E53 #228E89 #225D8E

triadic

#228E89 #89228E #8E8922

tetradic

#228E89 #53228E #8E2227 #5D8E22

square

#228E89 #53228E #8E2227 #5D8E22

split-complementary

#228E89 #8E225D #8E5322

monochromatic

#0A2B2A #165D59 #228E89 #2EBFB9 #54D6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#228E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#228E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E89

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E89	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858689

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.093 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afab',
    500: '#228e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e89;
$custom-light: #71afab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.222,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58779,
    "c": 0.09296,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E89

secondary

#BA5257

accent

#434BE4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E89

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

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