#229B8B#229B8B

#229B8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.104 H 181.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229B8B
RGB	rgb(34, 155, 139)
HSL	hsl(172, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(172, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 0%, 10.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.70, -35.74, -0.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.70, 35.75, 181.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.24% -0.1039 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(62.24% 0.104 181.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.0389, 25.6448, 28.4730)
Luminance	0.2565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229B8B #9B2232

analogous

#229B4F #229B8B #226F9B

triadic

#229B8B #8B229B #9B8B22

tetradic

#229B8B #4F229B #9B2232 #6F9B22

square

#229B8B #4F229B #9B2232 #6F9B22

split-complementary

#229B8B #9B226F #9B4F22

monochromatic

#0C3731 #17695E #229B8B #2DCDB8 #5CDBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#229B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#229B8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229B8B

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229B8B	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94918A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84868C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 155, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.104 181.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b9ac',
    500: '#229b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229b8b;
$custom-light: #73b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.066,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62235,
    "c": 0.10395,
    "h": 181.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229B8B

secondary

#C05967

accent

#4157E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229B8B

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

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