#229A98#229A98

#229A98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.099 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229A98
RGB	rgb(34, 154, 152)
HSL	hsl(179, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(179, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.9%, 0%, 1.3%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, -31.47, -8.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 32.50, 194.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.42% -0.0968 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(62.42% 0.099 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.8801, 25.7161, 33.7210)
Luminance	0.2572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229A98 #9A2224

analogous

#229A5C #229A98 #22609A

triadic

#229A98 #98229A #9A9822

tetradic

#229A98 #5C229A #9A2224 #609A22

square

#229A98 #5C229A #9A2224 #609A22

split-complementary

#229A98 #9A2260 #9A5C22

monochromatic

#0C3635 #176867 #229A98 #2DCCC9 #5BDBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#229A98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#229A98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229A98

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229A98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229A98	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229a98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 154, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.099 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8b6',
    500: '#229a98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229a98;
$custom-light: #74b8b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229a98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62418,
    "c": 0.0994,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229A98

secondary

#BF585A

accent

#4144E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #229A98

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

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