#229D8D#229D8D

#229D8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.105 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#229D8D
RGBrgb(34, 157, 141)
HSLhsl(172, 64%, 37%)
HSVhsv(172, 78%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(78.3%, 0%, 10.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LABlab(58.39, -36.08, -0.95)
CIE-LCHlch(58.39, 36.10, 181.51°)
OKLaboklab(62.82% -0.105 -0.0032)
OKLCHoklch(62.82% 0.105 181.7)
XYZxyz(17.5220, 26.3749, 29.3615)
Luminance0.2638 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#229D8D #9D2232
analogous
#229D4F #229D8D #22709D
triadic
#229D8D #8D229D #9D8D22
tetradic
#229D8D #4F229D #9D2232 #709D22
square
#229D8D #4F229D #9D2232 #709D22
split-complementary
#229D8D #9D2270 #9D4F22
monochromatic
#0C3833 #176B60 #229D8D #2DCFBA #5DDCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35
#229D8D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28
#229D8D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229D8D
6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##229D8D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##229D8D1.003.356.286.28
#FFFFFF3.351.0021.0021.00
#0000006.2821.001.001.00
##0000006.2821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#96938C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#85878E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A098
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #229d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 157, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.105 181.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73baae',
    500: '#229d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #229d8d;
$custom-light: #73baae;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#229d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.195,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62819,
    "c": 0.10504,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#229D8D
secondary
#C15A68
accent
#4056E7
background
#F7FBFA
surface
#EEF6F4
border
#C9D0CE
text
#091210
muted
#7B817F

Preview Lab

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#229D8D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva