#228F9E#228F9E

#228F9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.095 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228F9E
RGB	rgb(34, 143, 158)
HSL	hsl(187, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(187, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 9.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.50, -24.12, -16.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.50, 29.21, 214.34°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% -0.083 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.095 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.6510, 22.4516, 35.7971)
Luminance	0.2245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228F9E #9E3122

analogous

#229E6F #228F9E #22519E

triadic

#228F9E #9E228F #8F9E22

tetradic

#228F9E #6F229E #9E3122 #519E22

square

#228F9E #6F229E #9E3122 #519E22

split-complementary

#228F9E #9E2251 #9E6F22

monochromatic

#0C3439 #17616C #228F9E #2DBDD0 #5ECDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#228F9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#228F9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228F9E

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228F9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228F9E	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82899F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717D9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228f9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 143, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.095 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b0ba',
    500: '#228f9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228f9e;
$custom-light: #73b0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228f9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.258,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5984,
    "c": 0.09485,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228F9E

secondary

#C1675B

accent

#5440E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228F9E

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

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