#229B85#229B85

#229B85 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.107 H 177.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229B85
RGB	rgb(34, 155, 133)
HSL	hsl(169, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(169, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 0%, 14.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.53, -37.40, 2.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.53, 37.48, 176.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.05% -0.1068 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(62.05% 0.107 177)
XYZ	xyz(16.6125, 25.4742, 26.2272)
Luminance	0.2548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229B85 #9B2238

analogous

#229B49 #229B85 #22759B

triadic

#229B85 #85229B #9B8522

tetradic

#229B85 #49229B #9B2238 #759B22

square

#229B85 #49229B #9B2238 #759B22

split-complementary

#229B85 #9B2275 #9B4922

monochromatic

#0C372F #17695A #229B85 #2DCDB0 #5CDBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#229B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#229B85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229B85

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229B85	1.00	3.45	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959184

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858587

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 155, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.107 177.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b9a8',
    500: '#229b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229b85;
$custom-light: #72b9a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.091,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62047,
    "c": 0.10696,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.25476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229B85

secondary

#C0596C

accent

#415FE7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09110F

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229B85

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

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