#229A96#229A96

#229A96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.100 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229A96
RGB	rgb(34, 154, 150)
HSL	hsl(178, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(178, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.9%, 0%, 2.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.70, -32.07, -7.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.70, 32.84, 192.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% -0.0977 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.1 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.7177, 25.6511, 32.8656)
Luminance	0.2565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229A96 #9A2226

analogous

#229A5A #229A96 #22629A

triadic

#229A96 #96229A #9A9622

tetradic

#229A96 #5A229A #9A2226 #629A22

square

#229A96 #5A229A #9A2226 #629A22

split-complementary

#229A96 #9A2262 #9A5A22

monochromatic

#0C3634 #176865 #229A96 #2DCCC7 #5BDBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#229A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#229A96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229A96

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229A96	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 154, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.100 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8b4',
    500: '#229a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229a96;
$custom-light: #74b8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62347,
    "c": 0.09968,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229A96

secondary

#BF585C

accent

#4146E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #229A96

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

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