#229D88#229D88

#229D88 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.107 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229D88
RGB	rgb(34, 157, 136)
HSL	hsl(170, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(170, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 0%, 13.4%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.25, -37.48, 1.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.25, 37.51, 177.43°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% -0.1074 0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.107 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.1583, 26.2295, 27.4463)
Luminance	0.2623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229D88 #9D2237

analogous

#229D4A #229D88 #22759D

triadic

#229D88 #88229D #9D8822

tetradic

#229D88 #4A229D #9D2237 #759D22

square

#229D88 #4A229D #9D2237 #759D22

split-complementary

#229D88 #9D2275 #9D4A22

monochromatic

#0C3831 #176B5C #229D88 #2DCFB4 #5DDCC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#229D88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#229D88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229D88

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229D88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229D88	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969387

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86878A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229d88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 157, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.107 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73baaa',
    500: '#229d88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229d88;
$custom-light: #73baaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229d88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.756,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62662,
    "c": 0.10746,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229D88

secondary

#C15A6C

accent

#405DE7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229D88

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

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