#229B88#229B88

#229B88 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.105 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229B88
RGB	rgb(34, 155, 136)
HSL	hsl(171, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(171, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 0%, 12.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.62, -36.58, 0.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.62, 36.59, 178.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% -0.1053 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.105 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.8227, 25.5583, 27.3344)
Luminance	0.2556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229B88 #9B2235

analogous

#229B4C #229B88 #22719B

triadic

#229B88 #88229B #9B8822

tetradic

#229B88 #4C229B #9B2235 #719B22

square

#229B88 #4C229B #9B2235 #719B22

split-complementary

#229B88 #9B2271 #9B4C22

monochromatic

#0C3730 #17695C #229B88 #2DCDB4 #5CDBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#229B88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#229B88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229B88

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229B88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229B88	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)

#949187

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84868A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229b88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 155, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.105 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b9aa',
    500: '#229b88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229b88;
$custom-light: #73b9aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229b88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.579,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6214,
    "c": 0.10536,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229B88

secondary

#C05969

accent

#415BE7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229B88

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

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