#229A9A#229A9A

#229A9A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.099 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229A9A
RGB	rgb(34, 154, 154)
HSL	hsl(180, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(180, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.9%, 0%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, -30.86, -9.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 32.19, 196.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% -0.0959 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.099 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.0453, 25.7821, 34.5910)
Luminance	0.2578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229A9A #9A2222

analogous

#229A5E #229A9A #225E9A

triadic

#229A9A #9A229A #9A9A22

tetradic

#229A9A #5E229A #9A2222 #5E9A22

square

#229A9A #5E229A #9A2222 #5E9A22

split-complementary

#229A9A #9A225E #9A5E22

monochromatic

#0C3636 #176868 #229A9A #2DCCCC #5BDBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#229A9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#229A9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229A9A

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229A9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229A9A	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F929A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229a9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 154, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.099 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8b7',
    500: '#229a9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229a9a;
$custom-light: #74b8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229a9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62491,
    "c": 0.0992,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229A9A

secondary

#BF5858

accent

#4141E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #229A9A

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

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