#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
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 142)
HSL	hsl(172, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 10.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.74, -36.26, -1.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.74, 36.27, 181.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% -0.1055 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.106 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7666, 26.7446, 29.8118)
Luminance	0.2675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##229E8E	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #229E8E

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

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