#229F89#229F89

#229F89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.109 H 177.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229F89
RGB	rgb(34, 159, 137)
HSL	hsl(169, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(169, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 0%, 13.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.92, -38.09, 2.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.92, 38.15, 176.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% -0.1089 0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.109 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.5709, 26.9403, 27.9360)
Luminance	0.2694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229F89 #9F2238

analogous

#229F4A #229F89 #22769F

triadic

#229F89 #89229F #9F8922

tetradic

#229F89 #4A229F #9F2238 #769F22

square

#229F89 #4A229F #9F2238 #769F22

split-complementary

#229F89 #9F2276 #9F4A22

monochromatic

#0C3A32 #176D5E #229F89 #2DD1B4 #5FDDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#229F89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#229F89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229F89

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229F89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229F89	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229f89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 159, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.109 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bcab',
    500: '#229f89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229f89;
$custom-light: #73bcab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229f89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.44,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63214,
    "c": 0.10905,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229F89

secondary

#C15B6D

accent

#405EE8

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229F89

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

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