#229C8D#229C8D

#229C8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.104 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229C8D
RGB	rgb(34, 156, 141)
HSL	hsl(173, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(173, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 0%, 9.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.07, -35.63, -1.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.07, 35.66, 182.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% -0.104 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.104 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.3535, 26.0380, 29.3054)
Luminance	0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229C8D #9C2231

analogous

#229C50 #229C8D #226E9C

triadic

#229C8D #8D229C #9C8D22

tetradic

#229C8D #50229C #9C2231 #6E9C22

square

#229C8D #50229C #9C2231 #6E9C22

split-complementary

#229C8D #9C226E #9C5022

monochromatic

#0C3832 #176A60 #229C8D #2DCEBA #5DDCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#229C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#229C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229C8D

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229C8D	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94938C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84878E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 156, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.104 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73baae',
    500: '#229c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229c8d;
$custom-light: #73baae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.623,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6256,
    "c": 0.10406,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229C8D

secondary

#C05A66

accent

#4155E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229C8D

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

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