#229E81#229E81

#229E81 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.113 H 172.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229E81
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 129)
HSL	hsl(166, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(166, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 18.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.39, -39.79, 5.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.39, 40.22, 171.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% -0.1118 0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.113 172.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.8469, 26.3767, 24.9679)
Luminance	0.2638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229E81 #9E223F

analogous

#229E43 #229E81 #227D9E

triadic

#229E81 #81229E #9E8122

tetradic

#229E81 #43229E #9E223F #7D9E22

square

#229E81 #43229E #9E223F #7D9E22

split-complementary

#229E81 #9E227D #9E4322

monochromatic

#0C392F #176C58 #229E81 #2DD0AA #5EDCBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#229E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#229E81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E81

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229E81	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)

#999380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898883

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.113 172.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bba5',
    500: '#229e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229e81;
$custom-light: #73bba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.968,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62715,
    "c": 0.1128,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229E81

secondary

#C15B73

accent

#4067E8

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E81

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

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