#228d90

Color #228d90

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Cyan #008b8b · ΔE 3.44 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#228d90

RGB

rgb(34, 141, 144)

HSL

hsl(181.6, 61.8%, 34.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(181.6, 76.4%, 56.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(76.4%, 2.1%, 0%, 43.5%)

LAB

lab(53.39, -27.58, -10.09)

LCH

lch(53.39, 29.37, 200.09)

OKLCH

oklch(58.8%, 0.0916, 197.8)

HWB

hwb(181.6, 13.3%, 43.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#902522

Analogous

#22905c

#228d90

#225690

Triadic

#228d90

#90228d

#8d9022

Split-complementary

#228d90

#902256

#905c22

Tetradic

#228d90

#252290

#902522

#8d9022

Square

#228d90

#5c2290

#902522

#569022

Shades

Color #228d90 mixed toward black.

#1c7678

#175e60

#114748

#0b2f30

#061818

Tints

Color #228d90 mixed toward white.

#2db9bd

#4cd1d5

#79dddf

#a5e8ea

#d2f4f4

Tones

Color #228d90 mixed toward gray.

#2b8487

#347c7e

#3d7374

#476a6b

#506262

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.28:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#63648f · ΔE 28.7

Deuteranopia

#5d558f · ΔE 32.6

Tritanopia

#2f8f8f · ΔE 1.5

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 21.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #228d90;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#228d90]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#228d90 (#228d90) is rgb(34, 141, 144) in RGB.

No, #228d90 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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