#228E97#228E97

#228E97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.093 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E97
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 151)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(185, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.5%, 6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.94, -25.87, -13.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.94, 29.09, 207.20°)
OKLab	oklab(59.3% -0.0851 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(59.3% 0.093 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.9161, 21.9185, 32.6640)
Luminance	0.2192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E97 #972B22

analogous

#229766 #228E97 #225497

triadic

#228E97 #97228E #8E9722

tetradic

#228E97 #662297 #972B22 #549722

square

#228E97 #662297 #972B22 #549722

split-complementary

#228E97 #972254 #976622

monochromatic

#0C3033 #175F65 #228E97 #2DBDC9 #5AD0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#228E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#228E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E97

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E97	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	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)

#828898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727C97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.093 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afb5',
    500: '#228e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e97;
$custom-light: #72afb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59303,
    "c": 0.09275,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E97

secondary

#BE5F57

accent

#4E42E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E97

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

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