#229D8C#229D8C

#229D8C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.105 H 181.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229D8C
RGB	rgb(34, 157, 140)
HSL	hsl(172, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(172, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 0%, 10.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.36, -36.37, -0.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.36, 36.37, 180.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% -0.1055 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.105 181)
XYZ	xyz(17.4479, 26.3453, 28.9714)
Luminance	0.2635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229D8C #9D2233

analogous

#229D4E #229D8C #22719D

triadic

#229D8C #8C229D #9D8C22

tetradic

#229D8C #4E229D #9D2233 #719D22

square

#229D8C #4E229D #9D2233 #719D22

split-complementary

#229D8C #9D2271 #9D4E22

monochromatic

#0C3832 #176B5F #229D8C #2DCFB9 #5DDCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#229D8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#229D8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229D8C

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229D8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229D8C	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96938B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85878D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229d8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 157, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.105 181.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73baad',
    500: '#229d8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229d8c;
$custom-light: #73baad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229d8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.707,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62787,
    "c": 0.10548,
    "h": 181
  },
  "luminance": 0.26347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229D8C

secondary

#C15A68

accent

#4057E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229D8C

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

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