#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
RGB	rgb(34, 157, 141)
HSL	hsl(172, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(172, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 0%, 10.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.39, -36.08, -0.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.39, 36.10, 181.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% -0.105 -0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.105 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.5220, 26.3749, 29.3615)
Luminance	0.2638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##229D8D	1.00	3.35	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #229D8D

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

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