#229A99#229A99

#229A99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.099 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229A99
RGB	rgb(34, 154, 153)
HSL	hsl(180, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(180, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.9%, 0%, 0.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, -31.16, -8.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 32.34, 195.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% -0.0963 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.099 194)
XYZ	xyz(17.9624, 25.7490, 34.1542)
Luminance	0.2575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229A99 #9A2223

analogous

#229A5D #229A99 #225F9A

triadic

#229A99 #99229A #9A9922

tetradic

#229A99 #5D229A #9A2223 #5F9A22

square

#229A99 #5D229A #9A2223 #5F9A22

split-complementary

#229A99 #9A225F #9A5D22

monochromatic

#0C3635 #176867 #229A99 #2DCCCB #5BDBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#229A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#229A99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229A99

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229A99	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F869A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 154, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.099 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8b7',
    500: '#229a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229a99;
$custom-light: #74b8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.5,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62454,
    "c": 0.09929,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.25751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229A99

secondary

#BF5859

accent

#4142E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #229A99

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

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