#229A8E#229A8E

#229A8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.102 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229A8E
RGB	rgb(34, 154, 142)
HSL	hsl(174, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(174, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.9%, 0%, 7.8%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.47, -34.42, -2.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.47, 34.54, 184.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% -0.1015 -0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.102 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.0954, 25.4022, 29.5881)
Luminance	0.2540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229A8E #9A222E

analogous

#229A52 #229A8E #226A9A

triadic

#229A8E #8E229A #9A8E22

tetradic

#229A8E #52229A #9A222E #6A9A22

square

#229A8E #52229A #9A222E #6A9A22

split-complementary

#229A8E #9A226A #9A5222

monochromatic

#0C3632 #176860 #229A8E #2DCCBC #5BDBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#229A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#229A8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229A8E

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229A8E	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92918E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82858F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 154, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.102 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b8af',
    500: '#229a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229a8e;
$custom-light: #73b8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62073,
    "c": 0.1018,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229A8E

secondary

#BF5863

accent

#4152E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229A8E

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

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