#229A9E#229A9E

#229A9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.099 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229A9E
RGB	rgb(34, 154, 158)
HSL	hsl(182, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(182, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 2.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, -29.63, -11.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 31.70, 200.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.64% -0.094 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(62.64% 0.099 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.3840, 25.9176, 36.3748)
Luminance	0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229A9E #9E2622

analogous

#229E64 #229A9E #225C9E

triadic

#229A9E #9E229A #9A9E22

tetradic

#229A9E #64229E #9E2622 #5C9E22

square

#229A9E #64229E #9E2622 #5C9E22

split-complementary

#229A9E #9E225C #9E6422

monochromatic

#0C3839 #17696C #229A9E #2DCBD0 #5ED8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#229A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#229A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229A9E

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229A9E	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)

#8E939E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D869F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 154, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.099 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8ba',
    500: '#229a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229a9e;
$custom-light: #74b8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.935,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62638,
    "c": 0.09912,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229A9E

secondary

#C15E5B

accent

#4640E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #229A9E

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

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