#228E9F#228E9F

#228E9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.095 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228E9F
RGB	rgb(34, 142, 159)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(188, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 10.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.23, -23.28, -17.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.23, 29.11, 216.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.63% -0.0816 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(59.63% 0.095 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.5880, 22.1872, 36.2025)
Luminance	0.2219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228E9F #9F3322

analogous

#229F71 #228E9F #224F9F

triadic

#228E9F #9F228E #8E9F22

tetradic

#228E9F #71229F #9F3322 #4F9F22

square

#228E9F #71229F #9F3322 #4F9F22

split-complementary

#228E9F #9F224F #9F7122

monochromatic

#0C343A #17616D #228E9F #2DBBD1 #5FCCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#228E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#228E9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228E9F

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228E9F	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8089A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 142, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.095 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73afbb',
    500: '#228e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228e9f;
$custom-light: #73afbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.16,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59628,
    "c": 0.09502,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228E9F

secondary

#C1695B

accent

#5740E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228E9F

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

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