#229896#229896

#229896 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.098 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229896
RGB	rgb(34, 152, 150)
HSL	hsl(179, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(179, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 0%, 1.3%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.07, -31.11, -8.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.07, 32.13, 194.46°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% -0.0957 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.098 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.3904, 24.9964, 32.7565)
Luminance	0.2500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229896 #982224

analogous

#22985B #229896 #225F98

triadic

#229896 #962298 #989622

tetradic

#229896 #5B2298 #982224 #5F9822

square

#229896 #5B2298 #982224 #5F9822

split-complementary

#229896 #98225F #985B22

monochromatic

#0C3433 #176665 #229896 #2DCAC7 #5ADAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#229896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#229896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229896

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229896	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 152, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.098 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b7b4',
    500: '#229896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229896;
$custom-light: #73b7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.983,
    "s": 63.441,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61833,
    "c": 0.09826,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229896

secondary

#BE5759

accent

#4144E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #229896

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

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