#229C8F#229C8F

#229C8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.103 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229C8F
RGB	rgb(34, 156, 143)
HSL	hsl(174, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(174, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 0%, 8.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.13, -35.06, -2.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.13, 35.14, 184.03°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% -0.103 -0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.103 184)
XYZ	xyz(17.5037, 26.0980, 30.0962)
Luminance	0.2610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229C8F #9C222F

analogous

#229C52 #229C8F #226C9C

triadic

#229C8F #8F229C #9C8F22

tetradic

#229C8F #52229C #9C222F #6C9C22

square

#229C8F #52229C #9C222F #6C9C22

split-complementary

#229C8F #9C226C #9C5222

monochromatic

#0C3833 #176A61 #229C8F #2DCEBD #5DDCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#229C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#229C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229C8F

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229C8F	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94938F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848790

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 156, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.103 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73baaf',
    500: '#229c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229c8f;
$custom-light: #73baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.607,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62625,
    "c": 0.10327,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229C8F

secondary

#C05A65

accent

#4152E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229C8F

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

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