#229E8F#229E8F

#229E8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.105 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229E8F
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 143)
HSL	hsl(173, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(173, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 9.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.77, -35.98, -1.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.77, 36.01, 182.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% -0.105 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.105 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.8420, 26.7748, 30.2090)
Luminance	0.2678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229E8F #9E2231

analogous

#229E51 #229E8F #226F9E

triadic

#229E8F #8F229E #9E8F22

tetradic

#229E8F #51229E #9E2231 #6F9E22

square

#229E8F #51229E #9E2231 #6F9E22

split-complementary

#229E8F #9E226F #9E5122

monochromatic

#0C3934 #176C61 #229E8F #2DD0BD #5EDCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#229E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#229E8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E8F

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229E8F	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96948E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.105 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bbaf',
    500: '#229e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229e8f;
$custom-light: #74bbaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.742,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63143,
    "c": 0.10516,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229E8F

secondary

#C15B67

accent

#4054E8

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E8F

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

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