#228F8B#228F8B

#228F8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.093 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228F8B
RGB	rgb(34, 143, 139)
HSL	hsl(178, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(178, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 0%, 2.8%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, -30.10, -6.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 30.79, 192.16°)
OKLab	oklab(59.11% -0.0916 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(59.11% 0.093 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.1402, 21.8472, 27.8401)
Luminance	0.2185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228F8B #8F2226

analogous

#228F54 #228F8B #225D8F

triadic

#228F8B #8B228F #8F8B22

tetradic

#228F8B #54228F #8F2226 #5D8F22

square

#228F8B #54228F #8F2226 #5D8F22

split-complementary

#228F8B #8F225D #8F5422

monochromatic

#0A2C2B #165E5B #228F8B #2EC0BB #55D7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#228F8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#228F8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228F8B

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228F8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228F8B	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86878B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228f8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 143, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.093 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b0ac',
    500: '#228f8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228f8b;
$custom-light: #71b0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228f8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.798,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59111,
    "c": 0.09335,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228F8B

secondary

#BA5256

accent

#4349E5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228F8B

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

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