#229B90#229B90

#229B90 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.102 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229B90
RGB	rgb(34, 155, 144)
HSL	hsl(175, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(175, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 0%, 7.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.84, -34.31, -3.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.84, 34.48, 185.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% -0.1015 -0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.102 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.4126, 25.7942, 30.4412)
Luminance	0.2580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229B90 #9B222D

analogous

#229B53 #229B90 #226A9B

triadic

#229B90 #90229B #9B9022

tetradic

#229B90 #53229B #9B222D #6A9B22

square

#229B90 #53229B #9B222D #6A9B22

split-complementary

#229B90 #9B226A #9B5322

monochromatic

#0C3733 #176961 #229B90 #2DCDBF #5CDBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#229B90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#229B90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229B90

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229B90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229B90	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)

#939290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828691

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229b90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 155, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.102 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b9b0',
    500: '#229b90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229b90;
$custom-light: #73b9b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229b90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62399,
    "c": 0.10201,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229B90

secondary

#C05962

accent

#4150E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229B90

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

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