#228F89#228F89

#228F89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.094 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228F89
RGB	rgb(34, 143, 137)
HSL	hsl(177, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(177, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 0%, 4.2%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.80, -30.70, -5.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.80, 31.18, 190.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59.04% -0.0925 -0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(59.04% 0.094 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.9954, 21.7893, 27.0775)
Luminance	0.2179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228F89 #8F2228

analogous

#228F52 #228F89 #225F8F

triadic

#228F89 #89228F #8F8922

tetradic

#228F89 #52228F #8F2228 #5F8F22

square

#228F89 #52228F #8F2228 #5F8F22

split-complementary

#228F89 #8F225F #8F5222

monochromatic

#0A2C2A #165E5A #228F89 #2EC0B8 #55D7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#228F89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#228F89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228F89

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228F89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228F89	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868789

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228f89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 143, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.094 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b0ab',
    500: '#228f89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228f89;
$custom-light: #71b0ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228f89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.697,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5904,
    "c": 0.09376,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228F89

secondary

#BA5258

accent

#434CE5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228F89

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →