#229B94#229B94

#229B94 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.101 H 188.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229B94
RGB	rgb(34, 155, 148)
HSL	hsl(177, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(177, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 0%, 4.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, -33.14, -5.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 33.60, 189.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% -0.0996 -0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.101 188.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.7238, 25.9187, 32.0799)
Luminance	0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229B94 #9B2229

analogous

#229B58 #229B94 #22669B

triadic

#229B94 #94229B #9B9422

tetradic

#229B94 #58229B #9B2229 #669B22

square

#229B94 #58229B #9B2229 #669B22

split-complementary

#229B94 #9B2266 #9B5822

monochromatic

#0C3734 #176964 #229B94 #2DCDC4 #5CDBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#229B94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#229B94 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229B94

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229B94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229B94	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)

#929294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818695

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229b94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 155, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.101 188.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9b3',
    500: '#229b94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229b94;
$custom-light: #74b9b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229b94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.529,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62535,
    "c": 0.10087,
    "h": 188.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229B94

secondary

#C0595F

accent

#414AE7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #229B94

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

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