#229F88#229F88

#229F88 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.110 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229F88
RGB	rgb(34, 159, 136)
HSL	hsl(169, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(169, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 0%, 14.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, -38.37, 2.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 38.46, 176.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% -0.1094 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.11 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.4995, 26.9118, 27.5600)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229F88 #9F2239

analogous

#229F49 #229F88 #22779F

triadic

#229F88 #88229F #9F8822

tetradic

#229F88 #49229F #9F2239 #779F22

square

#229F88 #49229F #9F2239 #779F22

split-complementary

#229F88 #9F2277 #9F4922

monochromatic

#0C3A32 #176D5D #229F88 #2DD1B3 #5FDDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#229F88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#229F88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229F88

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229F88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229F88	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)

#999587

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229f88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 159, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.110 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bcaa',
    500: '#229f88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229f88;
$custom-light: #73bcaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229f88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.96,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63184,
    "c": 0.10961,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229F88

secondary

#C15B6E

accent

#405FE8

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229F88

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

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