#228F87#228F87

#228F87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.094 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228F87
RGB	rgb(34, 143, 135)
HSL	hsl(176, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(176, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 0%, 5.6%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.74, -31.30, -4.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.74, 31.60, 187.92°)
OKLab	oklab(58.97% -0.0935 -0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(58.97% 0.094 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.8532, 21.7325, 26.3289)
Luminance	0.2173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228F87 #8F222A

analogous

#228F50 #228F87 #22618F

triadic

#228F87 #87228F #8F8722

tetradic

#228F87 #50228F #8F222A #618F22

square

#228F87 #50228F #8F222A #618F22

split-complementary

#228F87 #8F2261 #8F5022

monochromatic

#0A2C2A #165E58 #228F87 #2EC0B6 #55D7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#228F87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#228F87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228F87

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228F87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228F87	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228f87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 143, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.094 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b0a9',
    500: '#228f87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228f87;
$custom-light: #70b0a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228f87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.596,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5897,
    "c": 0.09428,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228F87

secondary

#BA525A

accent

#434FE5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228F87

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

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