#229A87#229A87

#229A87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.105 H 179.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229A87
RGB	rgb(34, 154, 135)
HSL	hsl(171, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(171, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.9%, 0%, 12.3%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.27, -36.40, 0.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.27, 36.41, 178.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.85% -0.1048 0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(61.85% 0.105 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.5863, 25.1985, 26.9066)
Luminance	0.2520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229A87 #9A2235

analogous

#229A4B #229A87 #22719A

triadic

#229A87 #87229A #9A8722

tetradic

#229A87 #4B229A #9A2235 #719A22

square

#229A87 #4B229A #9A2235 #719A22

split-complementary

#229A87 #9A2271 #9A4B22

monochromatic

#0C362F #17685B #229A87 #2DCCB3 #5BDBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#229A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#229A87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229A87

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229A87	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939086

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 154, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.105 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b8a9',
    500: '#229a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229a87;
$custom-light: #72b8a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.5,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61847,
    "c": 0.10483,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229A87

secondary

#BF5869

accent

#415BE7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229A87

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

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