#229C83#229C83

#229C83 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.109 H 174.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229C83
RGB	rgb(34, 156, 131)
HSL	hsl(168, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(168, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 0%, 16%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, -38.39, 3.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 38.58, 174.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% -0.1088 0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.109 174.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.6428, 25.7537, 25.5621)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229C83 #9C223B

analogous

#229C46 #229C83 #22789C

triadic

#229C83 #83229C #9C8322

tetradic

#229C83 #46229C #9C223B #789C22

square

#229C83 #46229C #9C223B #789C22

split-complementary

#229C83 #9C2278 #9C4622

monochromatic

#0C382F #176A59 #229C83 #2DCEAD #5DDCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#229C83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#229C83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229C83

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229C83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229C83	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)

#969282

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868685

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229c83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 156, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.109 174.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72baa7',
    500: '#229c83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229c83;
$custom-light: #72baa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229c83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.705,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62249,
    "c": 0.10923,
    "h": 174.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229C83

secondary

#C05A6F

accent

#4163E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229C83

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

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