#229F81#229F81

#229F81 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.114 H 171.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229F81
RGB	rgb(34, 159, 129)
HSL	hsl(166, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(166, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 0%, 18.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.71, -40.23, 6.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.71, 40.72, 171.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% -0.1128 0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.114 171.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.0182, 26.7192, 25.0250)
Luminance	0.2672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229F81 #9F2240

analogous

#229F42 #229F81 #227E9F

triadic

#229F81 #81229F #9F8122

tetradic

#229F81 #42229F #9F2240 #7E9F22

square

#229F81 #42229F #9F2240 #7E9F22

split-complementary

#229F81 #9F227E #9F4222

monochromatic

#0C3A2F #176D58 #229F81 #2DD1AA #5FDDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#229F81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#229F81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229F81

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229F81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229F81	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)

#9A9480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8883

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229f81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 159, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.114 171.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bca5',
    500: '#229f81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229f81;
$custom-light: #73bca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229f81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.6,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62978,
    "c": 0.11397,
    "h": 171.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229F81

secondary

#C15B74

accent

#4068E8

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229F81

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

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