#228E94#228E94

#228E94 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.092 H 200.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E94
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 148)
HSL	hsl(183, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(183, 77%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 4.1%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, -26.83, -11.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 29.28, 203.60°)
OKLab	oklab(59.19% -0.0864 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(59.19% 0.092 200.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.6756, 21.8223, 31.3972)
Luminance	0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E94 #942822

analogous

#229461 #228E94 #225594

triadic

#228E94 #94228E #8E9422

tetradic

#228E94 #612294 #942822 #559422

square

#228E94 #612294 #942822 #559422

split-complementary

#228E94 #942255 #946122

monochromatic

#0B2E30 #175E62 #228E94 #2DBEC6 #58D2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#228E94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#228E94 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E94

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E94	1.00	3.91	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838795

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737C95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.092 200.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afb3',
    500: '#228e94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e94;
$custom-light: #72afb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.158,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59186,
    "c": 0.09234,
    "h": 200.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E94

secondary

#BD5B55

accent

#4B42E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E94

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

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