#229B86#229B86

#229B86 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.106 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229B86
RGB	rgb(34, 155, 134)
HSL	hsl(170, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(170, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 0%, 13.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.56, -37.13, 1.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.56, 37.17, 177.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% -0.1063 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.106 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.6819, 25.5020, 26.5928)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229B86 #9B2237

analogous

#229B4A #229B86 #22749B

triadic

#229B86 #86229B #9B8622

tetradic

#229B86 #4A229B #9B2237 #749B22

square

#229B86 #4A229B #9B2237 #749B22

split-complementary

#229B86 #9B2274 #9B4A22

monochromatic

#0C372F #17695B #229B86 #2DCDB1 #5CDBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#229B86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#229B86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229B86

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229B86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229B86	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	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)

#959185

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229b86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 155, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.106 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b9a9',
    500: '#229b86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229b86;
$custom-light: #72b9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229b86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.587,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62078,
    "c": 0.1064,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229B86

secondary

#C0596B

accent

#415EE7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09110F

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229B86

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

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