#229F86#229F86

#229F86 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.111 H 175.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229F86
RGB	rgb(34, 159, 134)
HSL	hsl(168, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(168, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 0%, 15.7%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.84, -38.91, 3.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.84, 39.08, 174.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% -0.1104 0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.111 175.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.3587, 26.8554, 26.8184)
Luminance	0.2686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229F86 #9F223B

analogous

#229F47 #229F86 #22799F

triadic

#229F86 #86229F #9F8622

tetradic

#229F86 #47229F #9F223B #799F22

square

#229F86 #47229F #9F223B #799F22

split-complementary

#229F86 #9F2279 #9F4722

monochromatic

#0C3A31 #176D5C #229F86 #2DD1B0 #5FDDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#229F86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#229F86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229F86

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229F86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229F86	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999485

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229f86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 159, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.111 175.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bca9',
    500: '#229f86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229f86;
$custom-light: #73bca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229f86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63124,
    "c": 0.11078,
    "h": 175.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229F86

secondary

#C15B70

accent

#4062E8

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229F86

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

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