#228E8E#228E8E

#228E8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.092 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E8E
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 142)
HSL	hsl(180, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(180, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 0%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.64, -28.70, -8.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.64, 29.95, 196.59°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% -0.0891 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.092 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.2129, 21.6372, 28.9606)
Luminance	0.2164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E8E #8E2222

analogous

#228E58 #228E8E #22588E

triadic

#228E8E #8E228E #8E8E22

tetradic

#228E8E #58228E #8E2222 #588E22

square

#228E8E #58228E #8E2222 #588E22

split-complementary

#228E8E #8E2258 #8E5822

monochromatic

#0A2B2B #165D5D #228E8E #2EBFBF #54D6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#228E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#228E8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E8E

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E8E	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84878E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.092 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afaf',
    500: '#228e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e8e;
$custom-light: #71afaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5896,
    "c": 0.09227,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E8E

secondary

#BA5252

accent

#4343E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E8E

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

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