#229E80#229E80

#229E80 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.113 H 171.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229E80
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 128)
HSL	hsl(165, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(165, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 19%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.37, -40.06, 6.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.37, 40.56, 170.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% -0.1123 0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.113 171.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.7808, 26.3503, 24.6196)
Luminance	0.2635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229E80 #9E2240

analogous

#229E42 #229E80 #227E9E

triadic

#229E80 #80229E #9E8022

tetradic

#229E80 #42229E #9E2240 #7E9E22

square

#229E80 #42229E #9E2240 #7E9E22

split-complementary

#229E80 #9E227E #9E4222

monochromatic

#0C392E #176C57 #229E80 #2DD0A9 #5EDCBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#229E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#229E80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E80

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229E80	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)

#99937F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898882

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.113 171.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bba4',
    500: '#229e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229e80;
$custom-light: #73bba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.484,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62687,
    "c": 0.11347,
    "h": 171.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229E80

secondary

#C15B74

accent

#4069E8

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E80

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

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