#229E88#229E88

#229E88 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.109 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229E88
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 136)
HSL	hsl(169, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(169, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 13.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, -37.92, 2.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 37.98, 176.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% -0.1084 0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.109 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.3282, 26.5692, 27.5029)
Luminance	0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229E88 #9E2238

analogous

#229E4A #229E88 #22769E

triadic

#229E88 #88229E #9E8822

tetradic

#229E88 #4A229E #9E2238 #769E22

square

#229E88 #4A229E #9E2238 #769E22

split-complementary

#229E88 #9E2276 #9E4A22

monochromatic

#0C3931 #176C5D #229E88 #2DD0B3 #5EDCC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#229E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#229E88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E88

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229E88	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)

#989487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87888A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.109 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bbaa',
    500: '#229e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229e88;
$custom-light: #73bbaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.355,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62923,
    "c": 0.10853,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229E88

secondary

#C15B6D

accent

#405EE8

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E88

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

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