#229A9B#229A9B

#229A9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.099 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229A9B
RGB	rgb(34, 154, 155)
HSL	hsl(180, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(180, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 0.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.86, -30.55, -9.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.86, 32.05, 197.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% -0.0954 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.099 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.1290, 25.8156, 35.0314)
Luminance	0.2582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229A9B #9B2322

analogous

#229B60 #229A9B #225E9B

triadic

#229A9B #9B229A #9A9B22

tetradic

#229A9B #60229B #9B2322 #5E9B22

square

#229A9B #60229B #9B2322 #5E9B22

split-complementary

#229A9B #9B225E #9B6022

monochromatic

#0C3637 #176869 #229A9B #2DCCCD #5CDADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#229A9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#229A9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229A9B

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229A9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229A9B	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)

#8F929B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229a9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 154, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.099 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8b8',
    500: '#229a9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229a9b;
$custom-light: #74b8b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229a9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.496,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62527,
    "c": 0.09915,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229A9B

secondary

#C05A59

accent

#4241E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #229A9B

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

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