#229B8E#229B8E

#229B8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.103 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229B8E
RGB	rgb(34, 155, 142)
HSL	hsl(174, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(174, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 0%, 8.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.78, -34.88, -2.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.78, 34.97, 183.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% -0.1025 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.103 184)
XYZ	xyz(17.2611, 25.7336, 29.6433)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229B8E #9B222F

analogous

#229B52 #229B8E #226B9B

triadic

#229B8E #8E229B #9B8E22

tetradic

#229B8E #52229B #9B222F #6B9B22

square

#229B8E #52229B #9B222F #6B9B22

split-complementary

#229B8E #9B226B #9B5222

monochromatic

#0C3732 #176960 #229B8E #2DCDBC #5CDBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#229B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#229B8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229B8E

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229B8E	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93928E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83868F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 155, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.103 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b9af',
    500: '#229b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229b8e;
$custom-light: #73b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.554,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62333,
    "c": 0.10272,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.25736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229B8E

secondary

#C05964

accent

#4153E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229B8E

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

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