#229F87#229F87

#229F87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.110 H 176.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229F87
RGB	rgb(34, 159, 135)
HSL	hsl(168, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(168, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 0%, 15.1%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, -38.64, 3.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 38.77, 175.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% -0.1099 0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.11 176)
XYZ	xyz(17.4287, 26.8835, 27.1874)
Luminance	0.2689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229F87 #9F223A

analogous

#229F48 #229F87 #22789F

triadic

#229F87 #87229F #9F8722

tetradic

#229F87 #48229F #9F223A #789F22

square

#229F87 #48229F #9F223A #789F22

split-complementary

#229F87 #9F2278 #9F4822

monochromatic

#0C3A31 #176D5C #229F87 #2DD1B2 #5FDDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#229F87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#229F87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229F87

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229F87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229F87	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999586

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229f87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 159, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.110 176.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bca9',
    500: '#229f87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229f87;
$custom-light: #73bca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229f87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.48,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63154,
    "c": 0.11018,
    "h": 176
  },
  "luminance": 0.26886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229F87

secondary

#C15B6F

accent

#4060E8

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229F87

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

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