#228F8D#228F8D

#228F8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.093 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228F8D
RGB	rgb(34, 143, 141)
HSL	hsl(179, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 0%, 1.4%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.93, -29.49, -7.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.93, 30.44, 194.35°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% -0.0906 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.093 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.2876, 21.9062, 28.6167)
Luminance	0.2191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228F8D #8F2224

analogous

#228F57 #228F8D #225B8F

triadic

#228F8D #8D228F #8F8D22

tetradic

#228F8D #57228F #8F2224 #5B8F22

square

#228F8D #57228F #8F2224 #5B8F22

split-complementary

#228F8D #8F225B #8F5722

monochromatic

#0A2C2B #165E5C #228F8D #2EC0BE #55D7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#228F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#228F8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228F8D

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228F8D	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86878D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 143, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.093 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b0ae',
    500: '#228f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228f8d;
$custom-light: #71b0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.899,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59183,
    "c": 0.09305,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228F8D

secondary

#BA5254

accent

#4346E5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228F8D

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

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