#228E9C#228E9C

#228E9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.094 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E9C
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 156)
HSL	hsl(187, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(187, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.12, -24.26, -15.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.12, 29.01, 213.27°)
OKLab	oklab(59.5% -0.0829 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(59.5% 0.094 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.3308, 22.0844, 34.8481)
Luminance	0.2209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E9C #9C3022

analogous

#229C6D #228E9C #22519C

triadic

#228E9C #9C228E #8E9C22

tetradic

#228E9C #6D229C #9C3022 #519C22

square

#228E9C #6D229C #9C3022 #519C22

split-complementary

#228E9C #9C2251 #9C6D22

monochromatic

#0C3338 #17606A #228E9C #2DBCCE #5DCDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#228E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#228E9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E9C

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E9C	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81889D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.094 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73afb9',
    500: '#228e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e9c;
$custom-light: #73afb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.885,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59504,
    "c": 0.09397,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E9C

secondary

#C0655A

accent

#5441E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E9C

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

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