#229E86#229E86

#229E86 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.110 H 175.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229E86
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 134)
HSL	hsl(168, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(168, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 15.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.52, -38.47, 3.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.52, 38.60, 175.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.86% -0.1094 0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(62.86% 0.11 175.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.1874, 26.5129, 26.7613)
Luminance	0.2651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229E86 #9E223A

analogous

#229E48 #229E86 #22789E

triadic

#229E86 #86229E #9E8622

tetradic

#229E86 #48229E #9E223A #789E22

square

#229E86 #48229E #9E223A #789E22

split-complementary

#229E86 #9E2278 #9E4822

monochromatic

#0C3931 #176C5B #229E86 #2DD0B1 #5EDCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#229E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#229E86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E86

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229E86	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)

#989485

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.110 175.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bba9',
    500: '#229e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229e86;
$custom-light: #73bba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.387,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62862,
    "c": 0.10966,
    "h": 175.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229E86

secondary

#C15B6F

accent

#4061E8

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E86

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

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