#229C85#229C85

#229C85 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.108 H 176.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229C85
RGB	rgb(34, 156, 133)
HSL	hsl(169, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(169, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 0%, 14.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, -37.85, 2.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 37.95, 175.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% -0.1078 0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.108 176.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.7796, 25.8084, 26.2829)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229C85 #9C2239

analogous

#229C48 #229C85 #22769C

triadic

#229C85 #85229C #9C8522

tetradic

#229C85 #48229C #9C2239 #769C22

square

#229C85 #48229C #9C2239 #769C22

split-complementary

#229C85 #9C2276 #9C4822

monochromatic

#0C382F #176A5A #229C85 #2DCEB0 #5DDCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#229C85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#229C85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229C85

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229C85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229C85	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969284

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868687

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229c85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 156, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.108 176.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73baa8',
    500: '#229c85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229c85;
$custom-light: #73baa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229c85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.689,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62309,
    "c": 0.10805,
    "h": 176.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229C85

secondary

#C05A6D

accent

#4160E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229C85

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

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