#228E8A#228E8A

#228E8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.093 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E8A
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(178, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.51, -29.92, -6.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.51, 30.60, 192.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.81% -0.091 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(58.81% 0.093 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.9180, 21.5192, 27.4072)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E8A #8E2226

analogous

#228E54 #228E8A #225C8E

triadic

#228E8A #8A228E #8E8A22

tetradic

#228E8A #54228E #8E2226 #5C8E22

square

#228E8A #54228E #8E2226 #5C8E22

split-complementary

#228E8A #8E225C #8E5422

monochromatic

#0A2B2A #165D5A #228E8A #2EBFBA #54D6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#228E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#228E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E8A

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E8A	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)

#85868A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.093 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afac',
    500: '#228e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e8a;
$custom-light: #71afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.778,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58814,
    "c": 0.09277,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E8A

secondary

#BA5256

accent

#4349E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E8A

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

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