#229E85#229E85

#229E85 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.110 H 175.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229E85
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 133)
HSL	hsl(168, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(168, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 15.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.49, -38.73, 3.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.49, 38.91, 174.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% -0.1099 0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.11 175.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.1180, 26.4852, 26.3957)
Luminance	0.2649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229E85 #9E223B

analogous

#229E47 #229E85 #22799E

triadic

#229E85 #85229E #9E8522

tetradic

#229E85 #47229E #9E223B #799E22

square

#229E85 #47229E #9E223B #799E22

split-complementary

#229E85 #9E2279 #9E4722

monochromatic

#0C3930 #176C5B #229E85 #2DD0AF #5EDCC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#229E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#229E85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E85

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229E85	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989384

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888887

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.110 175.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bba8',
    500: '#229e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229e85;
$custom-light: #73bba8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.903,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62832,
    "c": 0.11026,
    "h": 175.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229E85

secondary

#C15B6F

accent

#4062E8

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E85

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

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