#228E9E#228E9E

#228E9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.095 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E9E
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 158)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(188, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 10.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.19, -23.60, -16.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.19, 29.06, 215.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.59% -0.082 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(59.59% 0.095 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.5016, 22.1527, 35.7473)
Luminance	0.2215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E9E #9E3222

analogous

#229E70 #228E9E #22509E

triadic

#228E9E #9E228E #8E9E22

tetradic

#228E9E #70229E #9E3222 #509E22

square

#228E9E #70229E #9E3222 #509E22

split-complementary

#228E9E #9E2250 #9E7022

monochromatic

#0C3339 #17616C #228E9E #2DBBD0 #5ECCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#228E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#228E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E9E

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E9E	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80899F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.095 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73afba',
    500: '#228e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e9e;
$custom-light: #73afba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.742,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59586,
    "c": 0.09464,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E9E

secondary

#C1685B

accent

#5640E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E9E

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

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