#229D8F#229D8F

#229D8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.104 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229D8F
RGB	rgb(34, 157, 143)
HSL	hsl(173, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(173, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 0%, 8.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.45, -35.52, -2.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.45, 35.57, 183.23°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% -0.104 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.104 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.6722, 26.4350, 30.1523)
Luminance	0.2644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229D8F #9D2230

analogous

#229D52 #229D8F #226D9D

triadic

#229D8F #8F229D #9D8F22

tetradic

#229D8F #52229D #9D2230 #6D9D22

square

#229D8F #52229D #9D2230 #6D9D22

split-complementary

#229D8F #9D226D #9D5222

monochromatic

#0C3833 #176B61 #229D8F #2DCFBD #5DDCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#229D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#229D8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229D8F

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229D8F	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95948F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 157, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.104 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73baaf',
    500: '#229d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229d8f;
$custom-light: #73baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.171,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62884,
    "c": 0.1042,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229D8F

secondary

#C15A66

accent

#4053E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229D8F

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

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