#229B87#229B87

#229B87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.106 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229B87
RGB	rgb(34, 155, 135)
HSL	hsl(170, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(170, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 0%, 12.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.59, -36.85, 1.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.59, 36.88, 178.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% -0.1058 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.106 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.7520, 25.5300, 26.9619)
Luminance	0.2553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229B87 #9B2236

analogous

#229B4B #229B87 #22729B

triadic

#229B87 #87229B #9B8722

tetradic

#229B87 #4B229B #9B2236 #729B22

square

#229B87 #4B229B #9B2236 #729B22

split-complementary

#229B87 #9B2272 #9B4B22

monochromatic

#0C3730 #17695B #229B87 #2DCDB3 #5CDBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#229B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#229B87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229B87

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229B87	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949186

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 155, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.106 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b9a9',
    500: '#229b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229b87;
$custom-light: #73b9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.083,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62108,
    "c": 0.10588,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229B87

secondary

#C0596A

accent

#415CE7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229B87

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

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