#229F8B#229F8B

#229F8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.108 H 178.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229F8B
RGB	rgb(34, 159, 139)
HSL	hsl(170, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(170, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 0%, 12.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, -37.55, 1.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 37.56, 178.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% -0.108 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.108 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.7157, 26.9982, 28.6986)
Luminance	0.2700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229F8B #9F2236

analogous

#229F4C #229F8B #22749F

triadic

#229F8B #8B229F #9F8B22

tetradic

#229F8B #4C229F #9F2236 #749F22

square

#229F8B #4C229F #9F2236 #749F22

split-complementary

#229F8B #9F2274 #9F4C22

monochromatic

#0C3A33 #176D5F #229F8B #2DD1B7 #5FDDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#229F8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#229F8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229F8B

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229F8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229F8B	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98958A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229f8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 159, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.108 178.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bcac',
    500: '#229f8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229f8b;
$custom-light: #74bcac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229f8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.4,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63276,
    "c": 0.108,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229F8B

secondary

#C15B6C

accent

#405BE8

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229F8B

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

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