#229F8E#229F8E

#229F8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.107 H 181.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229F8E
RGB	rgb(34, 159, 142)
HSL	hsl(172, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 0%, 10.7%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.05, -36.71, -0.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.05, 36.72, 180.85°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% -0.1065 -0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.107 181.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.9379, 27.0871, 29.8689)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229F8E #9F2233

analogous

#229F4F #229F8E #22719F

triadic

#229F8E #8E229F #9F8E22

tetradic

#229F8E #4F229F #9F2233 #719F22

square

#229F8E #4F229F #9F2233 #719F22

split-complementary

#229F8E #9F2271 #9F4F22

monochromatic

#0C3A34 #176D61 #229F8E #2DD1BB #5FDDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#229F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#229F8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229F8E

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229F8E	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98958D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87898F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 159, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.107 181.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bcaf',
    500: '#229f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229f8e;
$custom-light: #74bcaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.84,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63371,
    "c": 0.10656,
    "h": 181.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229F8E

secondary

#C15B69

accent

#4057E8

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229F8E

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

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