#228F8E#228F8E

#228F8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.093 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228F8E
RGB	rgb(34, 143, 142)
HSL	hsl(179, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 0%, 0.7%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.96, -29.19, -8.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.96, 30.28, 195.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.22% -0.0902 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(59.22% 0.093 194)
XYZ	xyz(15.3624, 21.9361, 29.0104)
Luminance	0.2194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228F8E #8F2223

analogous

#228F58 #228F8E #22598F

triadic

#228F8E #8E228F #8F8E22

tetradic

#228F8E #58228F #8F2223 #598F22

square

#228F8E #58228F #8F2223 #598F22

split-complementary

#228F8E #8F2259 #8F5822

monochromatic

#0A2C2C #165E5D #228F8E #2EC0BF #55D7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#228F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#228F8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228F8E

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228F8E	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85888E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767C8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 143, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.093 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b0af',
    500: '#228f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228f8e;
$custom-light: #71b0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.45,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59219,
    "c": 0.09294,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.21938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228F8E

secondary

#BA5253

accent

#4345E5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #228F8E

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

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