#229E89#229E89

#229E89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.108 H 178.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229E89
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 137)
HSL	hsl(170, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(170, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 13.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.60, -37.65, 1.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.60, 37.68, 177.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% -0.1079 0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.108 178)
XYZ	xyz(17.3996, 26.5978, 27.8789)
Luminance	0.2660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229E89 #9E2237

analogous

#229E4B #229E89 #22759E

triadic

#229E89 #89229E #9E8922

tetradic

#229E89 #4B229E #9E2237 #759E22

square

#229E89 #4B229E #9E2237 #759E22

split-complementary

#229E89 #9E2275 #9E4B22

monochromatic

#0C3932 #176C5D #229E89 #2DD0B5 #5EDCC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#229E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#229E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E89

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229E89	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979488

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87888B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.108 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bbab',
    500: '#229e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229e89;
$custom-light: #73bbab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.839,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62954,
    "c": 0.10799,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229E89

secondary

#C15B6C

accent

#405DE8

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E89

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

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