#229C81#229C81

#229C81 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.110 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229C81
RGB	rgb(34, 156, 129)
HSL	hsl(167, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(167, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 0%, 17.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.75, -38.92, 4.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.75, 39.23, 172.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% -0.1098 0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.11 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.5085, 25.7000, 24.8551)
Luminance	0.2570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229C81 #9C223D

analogous

#229C44 #229C81 #227A9C

triadic

#229C81 #81229C #9C8122

tetradic

#229C81 #44229C #9C223D #7A9C22

square

#229C81 #44229C #9C223D #7A9C22

split-complementary

#229C81 #9C227A #9C4422

monochromatic

#0C382E #176A57 #229C81 #2DCEAB #5DDCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#229C81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#229C81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229C81

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229C81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229C81	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)

#979180

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878683

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229c81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 156, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.110 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72baa5',
    500: '#229c81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229c81;
$custom-light: #72baa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229c81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.721,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6219,
    "c": 0.11048,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229C81

secondary

#C05A70

accent

#4165E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229C81

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

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