#229F8C#229F8C

#229F8C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.107 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229F8C
RGB	rgb(34, 159, 140)
HSL	hsl(171, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(171, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 0%, 11.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, -37.27, 0.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 37.27, 179.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% -0.1075 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.108 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.7891, 27.0276, 29.0851)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229F8C #9F2235

analogous

#229F4D #229F8C #22739F

triadic

#229F8C #8C229F #9F8C22

tetradic

#229F8C #4D229F #9F2235 #739F22

square

#229F8C #4D229F #9F2235 #739F22

split-complementary

#229F8C #9F2273 #9F4D22

monochromatic

#0C3A33 #176D60 #229F8C #2DD1B8 #5FDDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#229F8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#229F8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229F8C

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229F8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229F8C	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98958B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229f8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 159, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.107 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bcad',
    500: '#229f8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229f8c;
$custom-light: #74bcad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229f8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.88,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63307,
    "c": 0.1075,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229F8C

secondary

#C15B6B

accent

#405AE8

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229F8C

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

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