#228E9A#228E9A

#228E9A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.093 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E9A
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 154)
HSL	hsl(186, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(186, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.9%, 7.8%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.05, -24.91, -14.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.05, 29.01, 210.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.42% -0.0837 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(59.42% 0.093 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.1628, 22.0172, 33.9635)
Luminance	0.2202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E9A #9A2E22

analogous

#229A6A #228E9A #22529A

triadic

#228E9A #9A228E #8E9A22

tetradic

#228E9A #6A229A #9A2E22 #529A22

square

#228E9A #6A229A #9A2E22 #529A22

split-complementary

#228E9A #9A2252 #9A6A22

monochromatic

#0C3236 #176068 #228E9A #2DBCCC #5BCEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#228E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#228E9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E9A

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E9A	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)

#81889B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.093 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afb7',
    500: '#228e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e9a;
$custom-light: #72afb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59423,
    "c": 0.0934,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E9A

secondary

#BF6358

accent

#5241E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E9A

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

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