#229C80#229C80

#229C80 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.111 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229C80
RGB	rgb(34, 156, 128)
HSL	hsl(166, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(166, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 0%, 17.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.73, -39.19, 5.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.73, 39.56, 172.07°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% -0.1103 0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.111 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.4424, 25.6735, 24.5068)
Luminance	0.2568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229C80 #9C223E

analogous

#229C43 #229C80 #227B9C

triadic

#229C80 #80229C #9C8022

tetradic

#229C80 #43229C #9C223E #7B9C22

square

#229C80 #43229C #9C223E #7B9C22

split-complementary

#229C80 #9C227B #9C4322

monochromatic

#0C382E #176A57 #229C80 #2DCEA9 #5DDCBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#229C80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#229C80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229C80

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229C80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229C80	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)

#97917F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878682

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229c80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 156, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.111 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72baa4',
    500: '#229c80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229c80;
$custom-light: #72baa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229c80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.23,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62161,
    "c": 0.11113,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229C80

secondary

#C05A71

accent

#4167E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229C80

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

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