#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
RGB	rgb(34, 143, 136)
HSL	hsl(176, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(176, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 0%, 4.9%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.77, -31.00, -4.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.77, 31.38, 188.96°)
OKLab	oklab(59.01% -0.093 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(59.01% 0.094 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.9240, 21.7608, 26.7015)
Luminance	0.2176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##228F88	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	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)

#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

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

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