#229F8A#229F8A

#229F8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.109 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229F8A
RGB	rgb(34, 159, 138)
HSL	hsl(170, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(170, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 0%, 13.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.95, -37.82, 1.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.95, 37.85, 177.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% -0.1085 0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.109 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.6429, 26.9692, 28.3155)
Luminance	0.2697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229F8A #9F2237

analogous

#229F4B #229F8A #22759F

triadic

#229F8A #8A229F #9F8A22

tetradic

#229F8A #4B229F #9F2237 #759F22

square

#229F8A #4B229F #9F2237 #759F22

split-complementary

#229F8A #9F2275 #9F4B22

monochromatic

#0C3A32 #176D5E #229F8A #2DD1B6 #5FDDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#229F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#229F8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229F8A

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229F8A	1.00	3.28	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.28	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)

#989589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 159, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.109 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bcac',
    500: '#229f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229f8a;
$custom-light: #73bcac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.92,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63245,
    "c": 0.10852,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229F8A

secondary

#C15B6D

accent

#405CE8

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229F8A

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

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