#228F8A#228F8A

#228F8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.094 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228F8A
RGB	rgb(34, 143, 138)
HSL	hsl(177, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(177, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 0%, 3.5%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.83, -30.40, -5.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.83, 30.98, 191.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.08% -0.0921 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(59.08% 0.094 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.0674, 21.8181, 27.4570)
Luminance	0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228F8A #8F2227

analogous

#228F54 #228F8A #225D8F

triadic

#228F8A #8A228F #8F8A22

tetradic

#228F8A #54228F #8F2227 #5D8F22

square

#228F8A #54228F #8F2227 #5D8F22

split-complementary

#228F8A #8F225D #8F5422

monochromatic

#0A2C2B #165E5A #228F8A #2EC0BA #55D7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#228F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#228F8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228F8A

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228F8A	1.00	3.91	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.91	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)

#86878A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 143, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.094 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b0ac',
    500: '#228f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228f8a;
$custom-light: #71b0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.248,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59075,
    "c": 0.09355,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228F8A

secondary

#BA5257

accent

#434BE5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228F8A

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

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