#228F86#228F86

#228F86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.095 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228F86
RGB	rgb(34, 143, 134)
HSL	hsl(175, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(175, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 0%, 6.3%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.71, -31.59, -3.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.71, 31.82, 186.90°)
OKLab	oklab(58.94% -0.0939 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(58.94% 0.095 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.7832, 21.7044, 25.9599)
Luminance	0.2171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228F86 #8F222B

analogous

#228F50 #228F86 #22628F

triadic

#228F86 #86228F #8F8622

tetradic

#228F86 #50228F #8F222B #628F22

square

#228F86 #50228F #8F222B #628F22

split-complementary

#228F86 #8F2262 #8F5022

monochromatic

#0A2C29 #165E58 #228F86 #2EC0B4 #55D7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#228F86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#228F86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228F86

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228F86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228F86	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	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)

#878786

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787C87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228f86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 143, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.095 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b0a9',
    500: '#228f86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228f86;
$custom-light: #70b0a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228f86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.046,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58936,
    "c": 0.09457,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228F86

secondary

#BA525B

accent

#4350E5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228F86

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

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