#229C86#229C86

#229C86 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.107 H 177.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229C86
RGB	rgb(34, 156, 134)
HSL	hsl(169, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(169, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 0%, 14.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, -37.58, 2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 37.65, 176.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% -0.1073 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.107 177.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.8490, 25.8362, 26.6485)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229C86 #9C2238

analogous

#229C49 #229C86 #22759C

triadic

#229C86 #86229C #9C8622

tetradic

#229C86 #49229C #9C2238 #759C22

square

#229C86 #49229C #9C2238 #759C22

split-complementary

#229C86 #9C2275 #9C4922

monochromatic

#0C3830 #176A5B #229C86 #2DCEB1 #5DDCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#229C86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#229C86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229C86

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229C86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229C86	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969285

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229c86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 156, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.107 177.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73baa9',
    500: '#229c86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229c86;
$custom-light: #73baa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229c86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.18,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62339,
    "c": 0.10748,
    "h": 177.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229C86

secondary

#C05A6C

accent

#415FE7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229C86

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

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