#229D8E#229D8E

#229D8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.105 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229D8E
RGB	rgb(34, 157, 142)
HSL	hsl(173, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(173, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 0%, 9.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.42, -35.80, -1.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.42, 35.83, 182.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% -0.1045 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.105 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.5967, 26.4048, 29.7552)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229D8E #9D2231

analogous

#229D51 #229D8E #226E9D

triadic

#229D8E #8E229D #9D8E22

tetradic

#229D8E #51229D #9D2231 #6E9D22

square

#229D8E #51229D #9D2231 #6E9D22

split-complementary

#229D8E #9D226E #9D5122

monochromatic

#0C3833 #176B61 #229D8E #2DCFBB #5DDCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#229D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#229D8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229D8E

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229D8E	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	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)

#95938D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85878F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 157, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.105 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73baaf',
    500: '#229d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229d8e;
$custom-light: #73baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.683,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62852,
    "c": 0.10461,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229D8E

secondary

#C15A67

accent

#4055E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229D8E

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

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