#229B89#229B89

#229B89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.105 H 180.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229B89
RGB	rgb(34, 155, 137)
HSL	hsl(171, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(171, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 0%, 11.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.64, -36.30, 0.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.64, 36.30, 179.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% -0.1049 0)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.105 180)
XYZ	xyz(16.8941, 25.5868, 27.7104)
Luminance	0.2559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229B89 #9B2234

analogous

#229B4C #229B89 #22719B

triadic

#229B89 #89229B #9B8922

tetradic

#229B89 #4C229B #9B2234 #719B22

square

#229B89 #4C229B #9B2234 #719B22

split-complementary

#229B89 #9B2271 #9B4C22

monochromatic

#0C3730 #17695D #229B89 #2DCDB5 #5CDBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#229B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#229B89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229B89

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229B89	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949188

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84868B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 155, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.105 180.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b9ab',
    500: '#229b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229b89;
$custom-light: #73b9ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.074,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62171,
    "c": 0.10487,
    "h": 180
  },
  "luminance": 0.25589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229B89

secondary

#C05968

accent

#415AE7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229B89

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

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