#229E8A#229E8A

#229E8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.107 H 178.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229E8A
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(170, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(170, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 12.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.63, -37.37, 1.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.63, 37.39, 178.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% -0.1074 0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.107 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.4717, 26.6266, 28.2585)
Luminance	0.2663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229E8A #9E2236

analogous

#229E4C #229E8A #22749E

triadic

#229E8A #8A229E #9E8A22

tetradic

#229E8A #4C229E #9E2236 #749E22

square

#229E8A #4C229E #9E2236 #749E22

split-complementary

#229E8A #9E2274 #9E4C22

monochromatic

#0C3932 #176C5E #229E8A #2DD0B6 #5EDCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#229E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#229E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E8A

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229E8A	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87888C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.107 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bbac',
    500: '#229e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229e8a;
$custom-light: #73bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.323,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62985,
    "c": 0.10746,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229E8A

secondary

#C15B6B

accent

#405BE8

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E8A

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

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