#228F9F#228F9F

#228F9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.095 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#228F9F
RGB	rgb(34, 143, 159)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(188, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 10.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.54, -23.79, -17.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.54, 29.24, 215.55°)
OKLab	oklab(59.88% -0.0826 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(59.88% 0.095 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.7374, 22.4861, 36.2523)
Luminance	0.2249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#228F9F #9F3222

analogous

#229F70 #228F9F #22509F

triadic

#228F9F #9F228F #8F9F22

tetradic

#228F9F #70229F #9F3222 #509F22

square

#228F9F #70229F #9F3222 #509F22

split-complementary

#228F9F #9F2250 #9F7022

monochromatic

#0C343A #17626D #228F9F #2DBCD1 #5FCDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#228F9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#228F9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #228F9F

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##228F9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##228F9F	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818AA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707D9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #228f9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 143, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.095 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b0bb',
    500: '#228f9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #228f9f;
$custom-light: #73b0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#228f9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.68,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59881,
    "c": 0.0952,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#228F9F

secondary

#C1685B

accent

#5640E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #228F9F

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

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