#228E99#228E99

#228E99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.093 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E99
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 153)
HSL	hsl(186, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(186, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 7.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.01, -25.23, -14.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.01, 29.03, 209.62°)
OKLab	oklab(59.38% -0.0842 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(59.38% 0.093 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.0799, 21.9840, 33.5267)
Luminance	0.2199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E99 #992D22

analogous

#229969 #228E99 #225399

triadic

#228E99 #99228E #8E9922

tetradic

#228E99 #692299 #992D22 #539922

square

#228E99 #692299 #992D22 #539922

split-complementary

#228E99 #992253 #996922

monochromatic

#0C3135 #176067 #228E99 #2DBCCB #5BCFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#228E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#228E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E99

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E99	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82889A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.093 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afb7',
    500: '#228e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e99;
$custom-light: #72afb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.546,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59382,
    "c": 0.09316,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E99

secondary

#BF6158

accent

#5041E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E99

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

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