#228F88#228F88

#228F88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.094 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#228F88
RGBrgb(34, 143, 136)
HSLhsl(176, 62%, 35%)
HSVhsv(176, 76%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(76.2%, 0%, 4.9%, 43.9%)
CIE-LABlab(53.77, -31.00, -4.89)
CIE-LCHlch(53.77, 31.38, 188.96°)
OKLaboklab(59.01% -0.093 -0.0137)
OKLCHoklch(59.01% 0.094 188.4)
XYZxyz(14.9240, 21.7608, 26.7015)
Luminance0.2176 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#228F88 #8F2229
analogous
#228F52 #228F88 #225F8F
triadic
#228F88 #88228F #8F8822
tetradic
#228F88 #52228F #8F2229 #5F8F22
square
#228F88 #52228F #8F2229 #5F8F22
split-complementary
#228F88 #8F225F #8F5222
monochromatic
#0A2C2A #165E59 #228F88 #2EC0B7 #55D7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92
#228F88 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35
#228F88 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228F88
5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##228F88#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##228F881.003.925.355.35
#FFFFFF3.921.0021.0021.00
#0000005.3521.001.001.00
##0000005.3521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#878788
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#787C89
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00938D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #228f88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 143, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.094 188.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b0aa',
    500: '#228f88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #228f88;
$custom-light: #71b0aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#228f88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.147,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59005,
    "c": 0.094,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#228F88
secondary
#BA5259
accent
#434DE5
background
#F7FAFA
surface
#EDF5F4
border
#C8CFCE
text
#091010
muted
#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228F88

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#228F88 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva