#228F85#228F85

#228F85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.095 H 185.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228F85
RGB	rgb(34, 143, 133)
HSL	hsl(174, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(174, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 0%, 7%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.68, -31.88, -3.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.68, 32.05, 185.89°)
OKLab	oklab(58.9% -0.0944 -0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(58.9% 0.095 185.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.7138, 21.6767, 25.5943)
Luminance	0.2168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228F85 #8F222C

analogous

#228F4E #228F85 #22638F

triadic

#228F85 #85228F #8F8522

tetradic

#228F85 #4E228F #8F222C #638F22

square

#228F85 #4E228F #8F222C #638F22

split-complementary

#228F85 #8F2263 #8F4E22

monochromatic

#0A2C29 #165E57 #228F85 #2EC0B3 #55D7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#228F85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#228F85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228F85

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228F85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228F85	1.00	3.94	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878785

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787C86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228f85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 143, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.095 185.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b0a8',
    500: '#228f85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228f85;
$custom-light: #70b0a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228f85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.495,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58902,
    "c": 0.09489,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228F85

secondary

#BA525C

accent

#4352E5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228F85

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

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