#229B8F#229B8F

#229B8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.102 H 184.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229B8F
RGB	rgb(34, 155, 143)
HSL	hsl(174, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(174, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 0%, 7.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, -34.60, -2.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 34.72, 184.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% -0.102 -0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.102 184.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.3365, 25.7638, 30.0405)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229B8F #9B222E

analogous

#229B53 #229B8F #226A9B

triadic

#229B8F #8F229B #9B8F22

tetradic

#229B8F #53229B #9B222E #6A9B22

square

#229B8F #53229B #9B222E #6A9B22

split-complementary

#229B8F #9B226A #9B5322

monochromatic

#0C3732 #176961 #229B8F #2DCDBD #5CDBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#229B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#229B8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229B8F

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229B8F	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	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)

#93928F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838690

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 155, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.102 184.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b9af',
    500: '#229b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229b8f;
$custom-light: #73b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.05,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62366,
    "c": 0.10235,
    "h": 184.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229B8F

secondary

#C05963

accent

#4151E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229B8F

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

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