#228E98#228E98

#228E98 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.093 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E98
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 152)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(185, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 6.6%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.98, -25.55, -13.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.98, 29.05, 208.41°)
OKLab	oklab(59.34% -0.0846 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(59.34% 0.093 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.9977, 21.9511, 33.0935)
Luminance	0.2195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E98 #982C22

analogous

#229867 #228E98 #225398

triadic

#228E98 #98228E #8E9822

tetradic

#228E98 #672298 #982C22 #539822

square

#228E98 #672298 #982C22 #539822

split-complementary

#228E98 #982253 #986722

monochromatic

#0C3134 #175F66 #228E98 #2DBDCA #5ACFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#228E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#228E98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E98

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E98	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.093 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afb6',
    500: '#228e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e98;
$custom-light: #72afb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.085,
    "s": 63.441,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59343,
    "c": 0.09294,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E98

secondary

#BE6057

accent

#4F41E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E98

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

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