#229A9F#229A9F

#229A9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.099 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229A9F
RGB	rgb(34, 154, 159)
HSL	hsl(182, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(182, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 3.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.99, -29.32, -11.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.99, 31.60, 201.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.68% -0.0936 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(62.68% 0.099 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.4704, 25.9522, 36.8300)
Luminance	0.2595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229A9F #9F2722

analogous

#229F65 #229A9F #225B9F

triadic

#229A9F #9F229A #9A9F22

tetradic

#229A9F #65229F #9F2722 #5B9F22

square

#229A9F #65229F #9F2722 #5B9F22

split-complementary

#229A9F #9F225B #9F6522

monochromatic

#0C383A #17696D #229A9F #2DCBD1 #5FD8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#229A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#229A9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229A9F

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229A9F	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E93A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D86A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 154, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.099 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b8bb',
    500: '#229a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229a9f;
$custom-light: #75b8bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.4,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62676,
    "c": 0.09917,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229A9F

secondary

#C15F5B

accent

#4740E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #229A9F

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

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