#229A88#229A88

#229A88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.104 H 179.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229A88
RGB	rgb(34, 154, 136)
HSL	hsl(171, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(171, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.9%, 0%, 11.7%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.30, -36.12, 0.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.30, 36.13, 179.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.88% -0.1043 0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(61.88% 0.104 179.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.6570, 25.2268, 27.2791)
Luminance	0.2523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229A88 #9A2234

analogous

#229A4C #229A88 #22709A

triadic

#229A88 #88229A #9A8822

tetradic

#229A88 #4C229A #9A2234 #709A22

square

#229A88 #4C229A #9A2234 #709A22

split-complementary

#229A88 #9A2270 #9A4C22

monochromatic

#0C362F #17685C #229A88 #2DCCB4 #5BDBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#229A88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#229A88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229A88

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229A88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229A88	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939087

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83858A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229a88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 154, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.104 179.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b8aa',
    500: '#229a88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229a88;
$custom-light: #72b8aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229a88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61879,
    "c": 0.10433,
    "h": 179.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229A88

secondary

#BF5868

accent

#415AE7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229A88

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

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