#229C87#229C87

#229C87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.107 H 177.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229C87
RGB	rgb(34, 156, 135)
HSL	hsl(170, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(170, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 0%, 13.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.91, -37.30, 1.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.91, 37.34, 177.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% -0.1069 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.107 177.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.9191, 25.8642, 27.0176)
Luminance	0.2587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229C87 #9C2237

analogous

#229C4A #229C87 #22749C

triadic

#229C87 #87229C #9C8722

tetradic

#229C87 #4A229C #9C2237 #749C22

square

#229C87 #4A229C #9C2237 #749C22

split-complementary

#229C87 #9C2274 #9C4A22

monochromatic

#0C3830 #176A5C #229C87 #2DCEB2 #5DDCC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#229C87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#229C87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229C87

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229C87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229C87	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)

#959286

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229c87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 156, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.107 177.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73baa9',
    500: '#229c87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229c87;
$custom-light: #73baa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229c87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.672,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6237,
    "c": 0.10694,
    "h": 177.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229C87

secondary

#C05A6B

accent

#415DE7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229C87

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

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