#229E8D#229E8D

#229E8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.106 H 181.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229E8D
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 141)
HSL	hsl(172, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 10.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.71, -36.54, -0.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.71, 36.54, 180.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% -0.106 -0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.106 181)
XYZ	xyz(17.6919, 26.7147, 29.4182)
Luminance	0.2672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229E8D #9E2233

analogous

#229E4F #229E8D #22719E

triadic

#229E8D #8D229E #9E8D22

tetradic

#229E8D #4F229E #9E2233 #719E22

square

#229E8D #4F229E #9E2233 #719E22

split-complementary

#229E8D #9E2271 #9E4F22

monochromatic

#0C3933 #176C60 #229E8D #2DD0BA #5EDCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#229E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#229E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E8D

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229E8D	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)

#97948C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86888E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.106 181.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bbae',
    500: '#229e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229e8d;
$custom-light: #73bbae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.774,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63079,
    "c": 0.10602,
    "h": 181
  },
  "luminance": 0.26717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229E8D

secondary

#C15B69

accent

#4057E8

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E8D

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

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