#229F8F#229F8F

#229F8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.106 H 181.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229F8F
RGB	rgb(34, 159, 143)
HSL	hsl(172, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 0%, 10.1%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, -36.43, -1.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 36.45, 181.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% -0.1061 -0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.106 181.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.0133, 27.1173, 30.2661)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229F8F #9F2232

analogous

#229F50 #229F8F #22709F

triadic

#229F8F #8F229F #9F8F22

tetradic

#229F8F #50229F #9F2232 #709F22

square

#229F8F #50229F #9F2232 #709F22

split-complementary

#229F8F #9F2270 #9F5022

monochromatic

#0C3A34 #176D62 #229F8F #2DD1BC #5FDDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#229F8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#229F8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229F8F

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229F8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229F8F	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)

#97958E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229f8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 159, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.106 181.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bcaf',
    500: '#229f8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229f8f;
$custom-light: #74bcaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229f8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.32,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63403,
    "c": 0.10612,
    "h": 181.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229F8F

secondary

#C15B68

accent

#4056E8

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229F8F

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

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