#229B97#229B97

#229B97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.100 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229B97
RGB	rgb(34, 155, 151)
HSL	hsl(178, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(178, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 0%, 2.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.05, -32.24, -7.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.05, 33.02, 192.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.64% -0.0982 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(62.64% 0.1 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.9643, 26.0149, 33.3467)
Luminance	0.2602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229B97 #9B2226

analogous

#229B5B #229B97 #22629B

triadic

#229B97 #97229B #9B9722

tetradic

#229B97 #5B229B #9B2226 #629B22

square

#229B97 #5B229B #9B2226 #629B22

split-complementary

#229B97 #9B2262 #9B5B22

monochromatic

#0C3735 #176966 #229B97 #2DCDC8 #5CDBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#229B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#229B97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229B97

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229B97	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)

#919397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 155, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.100 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9b5',
    500: '#229b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229b97;
$custom-light: #74b9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.017,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6264,
    "c": 0.10025,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229B97

secondary

#C0595C

accent

#4146E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #229B97

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

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