#229C8E#229C8E

#229C8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.104 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229C8E
RGB	rgb(34, 156, 142)
HSL	hsl(173, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(173, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 0%, 9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.10, -35.34, -1.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.10, 35.40, 183.15°)
OKLab	oklab(62.59% -0.1035 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(62.59% 0.104 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.4282, 26.0679, 29.6990)
Luminance	0.2607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229C8E #9C2230

analogous

#229C51 #229C8E #226D9C

triadic

#229C8E #8E229C #9C8E22

tetradic

#229C8E #51229C #9C2230 #6D9C22

square

#229C8E #51229C #9C2230 #6D9C22

split-complementary

#229C8E #9C226D #9C5122

monochromatic

#0C3833 #176A60 #229C8E #2DCEBC #5DDCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#229C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#229C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229C8E

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229C8E	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)

#94938E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84878F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 156, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.104 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73baaf',
    500: '#229c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229c8e;
$custom-light: #73baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.115,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62592,
    "c": 0.10365,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229C8E

secondary

#C05A65

accent

#4154E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229C8E

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

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