#229C88#229C88

#229C88 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.106 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229C88
RGB	rgb(34, 156, 136)
HSL	hsl(170, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(170, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 0%, 12.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, -37.03, 1.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 37.05, 178.11°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% -0.1064 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.106 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.9898, 25.8925, 27.3901)
Luminance	0.2590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229C88 #9C2236

analogous

#229C4B #229C88 #22739C

triadic

#229C88 #88229C #9C8822

tetradic

#229C88 #4B229C #9C2236 #739C22

square

#229C88 #4B229C #9C2236 #739C22

split-complementary

#229C88 #9C2273 #9C4B22

monochromatic

#0C3830 #176A5C #229C88 #2DCEB4 #5DDCC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#229C88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#229C88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229C88

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229C88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229C88	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959287

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85868A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229c88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 156, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.106 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73baaa',
    500: '#229c88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229c88;
$custom-light: #73baaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229c88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.164,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62401,
    "c": 0.1064,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229C88

secondary

#C05A6A

accent

#415CE7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229C88

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

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