#228E8D#228E8D

#228E8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.092 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E8D
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 141)
HSL	hsl(179, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 0.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.61, -29.01, -8.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.61, 30.09, 195.46°)
OKLab	oklab(58.92% -0.0896 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(58.92% 0.092 194)
XYZ	xyz(15.1382, 21.6073, 28.5669)
Luminance	0.2161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E8D #8E2223

analogous

#228E57 #228E8D #22598E

triadic

#228E8D #8D228E #8E8D22

tetradic

#228E8D #57228E #8E2223 #598E22

square

#228E8D #57228E #8E2223 #598E22

split-complementary

#228E8D #8E2259 #8E5722

monochromatic

#0A2B2B #165D5C #228E8D #2EBFBE #54D6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#228E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#228E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E8D

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E8D	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84878D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.092 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afae',
    500: '#228e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e8d;
$custom-light: #71afae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.444,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58923,
    "c": 0.09235,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.21609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E8D

secondary

#BA5253

accent

#4345E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E8D

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

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