#229B91#229B91

#229B91 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.102 H 186.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229B91
RGB	rgb(34, 155, 145)
HSL	hsl(175, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(175, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 0%, 6.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, -34.02, -3.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 34.25, 186.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% -0.1011 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.102 186.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.4894, 25.8249, 30.8455)
Luminance	0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229B91 #9B222C

analogous

#229B54 #229B91 #22699B

triadic

#229B91 #91229B #9B9122

tetradic

#229B91 #54229B #9B222C #699B22

square

#229B91 #54229B #9B222C #699B22

split-complementary

#229B91 #9B2269 #9B5422

monochromatic

#0C3733 #176962 #229B91 #2DCDC0 #5CDBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#229B91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#229B91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229B91

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229B91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229B91	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	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)

#929291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828692

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229b91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 155, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.102 186.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b9b1',
    500: '#229b91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229b91;
$custom-light: #73b9b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229b91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.041,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62433,
    "c": 0.1017,
    "h": 186.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229B91

secondary

#C05962

accent

#414FE7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F5

border

#C9D0CF

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229B91

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

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