#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
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 140)
HSL	hsl(171, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(171, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 11.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.68, -36.82, 0.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.68, 36.82, 179.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% -0.1065 -0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.106 180.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.6178, 26.6851, 29.0281)
Luminance	0.2669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##229E8C	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E8C

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

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