#229A9D#229A9D

#229A9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.099 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229A9D
RGB	rgb(34, 154, 157)
HSL	hsl(181, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(181, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 1.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, -29.94, -10.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 31.81, 199.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% -0.0945 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.099 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.2983, 25.8833, 35.9233)
Luminance	0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229A9D #9D2522

analogous

#229D62 #229A9D #225D9D

triadic

#229A9D #9D229A #9A9D22

tetradic

#229A9D #62229D #9D2522 #5D9D22

square

#229A9D #62229D #9D2522 #5D9D22

split-complementary

#229A9D #9D225D #9D6222

monochromatic

#0C3738 #17696B #229A9D #2DCBCF #5DD9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#229A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#229A9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229A9D

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229A9D	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F929D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 154, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.099 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8b9',
    500: '#229a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229a9d;
$custom-light: #74b8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.463,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62601,
    "c": 0.0991,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229A9D

secondary

#C15D5A

accent

#4440E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #229A9D

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

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