#229D89#229D89

#229D89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.107 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229D89
RGB	rgb(34, 157, 137)
HSL	hsl(170, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(170, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 0%, 12.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.28, -37.20, 1.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.28, 37.22, 178.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% -0.1069 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.107 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.2297, 26.2580, 27.8223)
Luminance	0.2626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229D89 #9D2236

analogous

#229D4C #229D89 #22739D

triadic

#229D89 #89229D #9D8922

tetradic

#229D89 #4C229D #9D2236 #739D22

square

#229D89 #4C229D #9D2236 #739D22

split-complementary

#229D89 #9D2273 #9D4C22

monochromatic

#0C3831 #176B5D #229D89 #2DCFB5 #5DDCC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#229D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#229D89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229D89

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229D89	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)

#969388

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86878B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 157, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.107 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73baab',
    500: '#229d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229d89;
$custom-light: #73baab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.244,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62693,
    "c": 0.10694,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229D89

secondary

#C15A6B

accent

#405CE7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229D89

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

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