#229A9C#229A9C

#229A9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.099 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229A9C
RGB	rgb(34, 154, 156)
HSL	hsl(181, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(181, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 1.3%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.89, -30.25, -10.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.89, 31.93, 198.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% -0.095 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.099 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.2133, 25.8493, 35.4755)
Luminance	0.2585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229A9C #9C2422

analogous

#229C61 #229A9C #225D9C

triadic

#229A9C #9C229A #9A9C22

tetradic

#229A9C #61229C #9C2422 #5D9C22

square

#229A9C #61229C #9C2422 #5D9C22

split-complementary

#229A9C #9C225D #9C6122

monochromatic

#0C3738 #17686A #229A9C #2DCCCE #5DDADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#229A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#229A9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229A9C

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229A9C	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F929C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 154, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.099 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8b9',
    500: '#229a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229a9c;
$custom-light: #74b8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.984,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62564,
    "c": 0.09912,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229A9C

secondary

#C05B5A

accent

#4341E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #229A9C

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

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