#229E8C#229E8C

#229E8C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.106 H 180.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#229E8C
RGBrgb(34, 158, 140)
HSLhsl(171, 65%, 38%)
HSVhsv(171, 78%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(78.5%, 0%, 11.4%, 38%)
CIE-LABlab(58.68, -36.82, 0.04)
CIE-LCHlch(58.68, 36.82, 179.94°)
OKLaboklab(63.05% -0.1065 -0.0005)
OKLCHoklch(63.05% 0.106 180.3)
XYZxyz(17.6178, 26.6851, 29.0281)
Luminance0.2669 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#229E8C #9E2234
analogous
#229E4E #229E8C #22729E
triadic
#229E8C #8C229E #9E8C22
tetradic
#229E8C #4E229E #9E2234 #729E22
square
#229E8C #4E229E #9E2234 #729E22
split-complementary
#229E8C #9E2272 #9E4E22
monochromatic
#0C3933 #176C5F #229E8C #2DD0B9 #5EDCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31
#229E8C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34
#229E8C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E8C
6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##229E8C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##229E8C1.003.316.346.34
#FFFFFF3.311.0021.0021.00
#0000006.3421.001.001.00
##0000006.3421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#97948B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#87888E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A198
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #229e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.106 180.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bbad',
    500: '#229e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #229e8c;
$custom-light: #73bbad;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#229e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.29,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63047,
    "c": 0.10648,
    "h": 180.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#229E8C
secondary
#C15B6A
accent
#4059E8
background
#F7FBFA
surface
#EEF6F4
border
#C9D0CE
text
#091210
muted
#7B817F

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#229E8C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva