#229E8E#229E8E

#229E8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.106 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#229E8E
RGBrgb(34, 158, 142)
HSLhsl(172, 65%, 38%)
HSVhsv(172, 78%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(78.5%, 0%, 10.1%, 38%)
CIE-LABlab(58.74, -36.26, -1.01)
CIE-LCHlch(58.74, 36.27, 181.60°)
OKLaboklab(63.11% -0.1055 -0.0033)
OKLCHoklch(63.11% 0.106 181.8)
XYZxyz(17.7666, 26.7446, 29.8118)
Luminance0.2675 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#229E8E #9E2232
analogous
#229E50 #229E8E #22709E
triadic
#229E8E #8E229E #9E8E22
tetradic
#229E8E #50229E #9E2232 #709E22
square
#229E8E #50229E #9E2232 #709E22
split-complementary
#229E8E #9E2270 #9E5022
monochromatic
#0C3933 #176C61 #229E8E #2DD0BB #5EDCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31
#229E8E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35
#229E8E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E8E
6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##229E8E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##229E8E1.003.316.356.35
#FFFFFF3.311.0021.0021.00
#0000006.3521.001.001.00
##0000006.3521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#96948D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#86888F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A199
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #229e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.106 181.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bbaf',
    500: '#229e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #229e8e;
$custom-light: #74bbaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#229e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.258,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63111,
    "c": 0.10557,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#229E8E
secondary
#C15B68
accent
#4056E8
background
#F7FBFA
surface
#EEF6F4
border
#C9D0CE
text
#091210
muted
#7B817F

Preview Lab

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#229E8E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva