#229B8D#229B8D

#229B8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.103 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229B8D
RGB	rgb(34, 155, 141)
HSL	hsl(173, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(173, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 0%, 9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.75, -35.17, -1.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.75, 35.22, 183.07°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% -0.1029 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.103 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.1864, 25.7037, 29.2497)
Luminance	0.2571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229B8D #9B2230

analogous

#229B51 #229B8D #226D9B

triadic

#229B8D #8D229B #9B8D22

tetradic

#229B8D #51229B #9B2230 #6D9B22

square

#229B8D #51229B #9B2230 #6D9B22

split-complementary

#229B8D #9B226D #9B5122

monochromatic

#0C3732 #17695F #229B8D #2DCDBB #5CDBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#229B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#229B8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229B8D

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229B8D	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)

#93928D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83868E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 155, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.103 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b9ae',
    500: '#229b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229b8d;
$custom-light: #73b9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.058,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.623,
    "c": 0.10311,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229B8D

secondary

#C05965

accent

#4154E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229B8D

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

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