#229E87#229E87

#229E87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.109 H 176.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229E87
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 135)
HSL	hsl(169, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(169, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 14.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.55, -38.19, 2.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.55, 38.29, 175.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.1089 0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.109 176.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.2575, 26.5409, 27.1303)
Luminance	0.2654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229E87 #9E2239

analogous

#229E49 #229E87 #22779E

triadic

#229E87 #87229E #9E8722

tetradic

#229E87 #49229E #9E2239 #779E22

square

#229E87 #49229E #9E2239 #779E22

split-complementary

#229E87 #9E2277 #9E4922

monochromatic

#0C3931 #176C5C #229E87 #2DD0B2 #5EDCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#229E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#229E87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E87

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229E87	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989486

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.109 176.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bba9',
    500: '#229e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229e87;
$custom-light: #73bba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.871,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62893,
    "c": 0.10908,
    "h": 176.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229E87

secondary

#C15B6E

accent

#405FE8

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E87

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

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