#229B96#229B96

#229B96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.100 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229B96
RGB	rgb(34, 155, 150)
HSL	hsl(178, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(178, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 0%, 3.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.02, -32.54, -6.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.02, 33.21, 191.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% -0.0987 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.1 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.8835, 25.9826, 32.9208)
Luminance	0.2599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229B96 #9B2227

analogous

#229B5A #229B96 #22639B

triadic

#229B96 #96229B #9B9622

tetradic

#229B96 #5A229B #9B2227 #639B22

square

#229B96 #5A229B #9B2227 #639B22

split-complementary

#229B96 #9B2263 #9B5A22

monochromatic

#0C3735 #176965 #229B96 #2DCDC7 #5CDBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#229B96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#229B96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229B96

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229B96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229B96	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229b96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 155, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.100 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9b4',
    500: '#229b96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229b96;
$custom-light: #74b9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229b96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.521,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62604,
    "c": 0.10043,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229B96

secondary

#C0595D

accent

#4148E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #229B96

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

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