#229F8D#229F8D

#229F8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.107 H 180.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229F8D
RGB	rgb(34, 159, 141)
HSL	hsl(171, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(171, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 0%, 11.3%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, -36.99, -0.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 36.99, 180.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% -0.107 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.107 180.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.8631, 27.0572, 29.4752)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229F8D #9F2234

analogous

#229F4E #229F8D #22729F

triadic

#229F8D #8D229F #9F8D22

tetradic

#229F8D #4E229F #9F2234 #729F22

square

#229F8D #4E229F #9F2234 #729F22

split-complementary

#229F8D #9F2272 #9F4E22

monochromatic

#0C3A34 #176D60 #229F8D #2DD1BA #5FDDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#229F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#229F8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229F8D

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229F8D	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)

#98958C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87898F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 159, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.107 180.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bcae',
    500: '#229f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229f8d;
$custom-light: #74bcae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.36,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63339,
    "c": 0.10702,
    "h": 180.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229F8D

secondary

#C15B6A

accent

#4058E8

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229F8D

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

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