#228E90#228E90

#228E90 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.092 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E90
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 144)
HSL	hsl(181, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 1.4%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.70, -28.08, -9.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.70, 29.68, 198.89°)
OKLab	oklab(59.03% -0.0882 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(59.03% 0.092 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.3644, 21.6978, 29.7585)
Luminance	0.2170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E90 #902422

analogous

#22905B #228E90 #225790

triadic

#228E90 #90228E #8E9022

tetradic

#228E90 #5B2290 #902422 #579022

square

#228E90 #5B2290 #902422 #579022

split-complementary

#228E90 #902257 #905B22

monochromatic

#0B2C2D #165D5E #228E90 #2EBFC2 #55D5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#228E90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#228E90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E90

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E90	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.092 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afb0',
    500: '#228e90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e90;
$custom-light: #71afb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.091,
    "s": 61.798,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59034,
    "c": 0.09218,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E90

secondary

#BB5553

accent

#4643E5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E90

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

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