#228E8F#228E8F

#228E8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.092 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E8F
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 143)
HSL	hsl(181, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 0.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.67, -28.39, -9.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.67, 29.81, 197.74°)
OKLab	oklab(59% -0.0887 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.092 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.2883, 21.6674, 29.3577)
Luminance	0.2167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E8F #8F2322

analogous

#228F59 #228E8F #22588F

triadic

#228E8F #8F228E #8E8F22

tetradic

#228E8F #59228F #8F2322 #588F22

square

#228E8F #59228F #8F2322 #588F22

split-complementary

#228E8F #8F2258 #8F5922

monochromatic

#0A2C2C #165D5E #228E8F #2EBFC0 #55D5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#228E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#228E8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E8F

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E8F	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)

#84878F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.092 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afaf',
    500: '#228e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e8f;
$custom-light: #71afaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.55,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58997,
    "c": 0.09221,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E8F

secondary

#BA5352

accent

#4543E5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E8F

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

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