#228E96#228E96

#228E96 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.093 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E96
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 150)
HSL	hsl(184, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(184, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 5.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, -26.19, -12.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 29.14, 206.00°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% -0.0855 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.093 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.8352, 21.8862, 32.2381)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E96 #962A22

analogous

#229664 #228E96 #225496

triadic

#228E96 #96228E #8E9622

tetradic

#228E96 #642296 #962A22 #549622

square

#228E96 #642296 #962A22 #549622

split-complementary

#228E96 #962254 #966422

monochromatic

#0B3032 #175F64 #228E96 #2DBDC8 #59D1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#228E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#228E96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E96

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E96	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727C96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.093 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afb4',
    500: '#228e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e96;
$custom-light: #72afb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.138,
    "s": 63.043,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59264,
    "c": 0.09259,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E96

secondary

#BE5D56

accent

#4D42E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E96

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

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