#229682 is a mid-toned, cool teal. It carries a legible label as a UI accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #229682 works with other colors. Named schemes with #229682 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Dark Cyan opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Dark Cyan plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Dark Cyan anchors this café scheme as the warm mid-tone, lifted by latte cream and a muted sage accent and grounded by espresso brown and a warm charcoal.
Dark Cyan sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
Dark Cyan is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Dark Cyan carrying the quiet middle.
How #229682 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #229682 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #229682;
--color-base-rgb: 34 150 130;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(60.6% 0.103 177.9);
--color-50: #F2FDFB;
--color-100: #DDF8F4;
--color-200: #BDF0E7;
--color-300: #8FE0D3;
--color-400: #65CDBC;
--color-500: #43B29F;
--color-600: #3A887B;
--color-700: #2E6158;
--color-800: #21403B;
--color-900: #162724;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
dark-cyan: {
50: '#F2FDFB',
100: '#DDF8F4',
200: '#BDF0E7',
300: '#8FE0D3',
400: '#65CDBC',
500: '#43B29F',
600: '#3A887B',
700: '#2E6158',
800: '#21403B',
900: '#162724',
},
}
$base: #229682; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F2FDFB; $base-100: #DDF8F4; $base-200: #BDF0E7; $base-300: #8FE0D3; $base-400: #65CDBC; $base-500: #43B29F; $base-600: #3A887B; $base-700: #2E6158; $base-800: #21403B; $base-900: #162724; $base-hover: #1B7868; $base-subtle: #B7E5DE;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#229682",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F2FDFB",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#DDF8F4",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#BDF0E7",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#8FE0D3",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#65CDBC",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#43B29F",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#3A887B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#2E6158",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#21403B",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#162724",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}