#229B8C#229B8C

#229B8C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.104 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229B8C
RGB	rgb(34, 155, 140)
HSL	hsl(173, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(173, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 0%, 9.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.73, -35.45, -1.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.73, 35.48, 182.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% -0.1034 -0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.104 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.1123, 25.6741, 28.8596)
Luminance	0.2568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229B8C #9B2231

analogous

#229B50 #229B8C #226E9B

triadic

#229B8C #8C229B #9B8C22

tetradic

#229B8C #50229B #9B2231 #6E9B22

square

#229B8C #50229B #9B2231 #6E9B22

split-complementary

#229B8C #9B226E #9B5022

monochromatic

#0C3731 #17695F #229B8C #2DCDB9 #5CDBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#229B8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#229B8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229B8C

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229B8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229B8C	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93928B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83868D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229b8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 155, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.104 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b9ad',
    500: '#229b8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229b8c;
$custom-light: #73b9ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229b8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.562,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62267,
    "c": 0.10352,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229B8C

secondary

#C05966

accent

#4155E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229B8C

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

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