#229E83#229E83

#229E83 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.112 H 173.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229E83
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 131)
HSL	hsl(167, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(167, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 17.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.44, -39.27, 4.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.44, 39.56, 173.05°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% -0.1108 0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.112 173.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.9811, 26.4304, 25.6749)
Luminance	0.2643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229E83 #9E223D

analogous

#229E45 #229E83 #227B9E

triadic

#229E83 #83229E #9E8322

tetradic

#229E83 #45229E #9E223D #7B9E22

square

#229E83 #45229E #9E223D #7B9E22

split-complementary

#229E83 #9E227B #9E4522

monochromatic

#0C392F #176C59 #229E83 #2DD0AD #5EDCC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#229E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#229E83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E83

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229E83	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)

#989382

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898885

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.112 173.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bba7',
    500: '#229e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229e83;
$custom-light: #73bba7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.935,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62773,
    "c": 0.1115,
    "h": 173.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229E83

secondary

#C15B71

accent

#4065E8

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E83

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

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