#229B98#229B98

#229B98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.100 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229B98
RGB	rgb(34, 155, 152)
HSL	hsl(179, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(179, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 0%, 1.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.08, -31.94, -7.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.08, 32.85, 193.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.68% -0.0978 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(62.68% 0.1 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.0459, 26.0475, 33.7763)
Luminance	0.2605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229B98 #9B2225

analogous

#229B5B #229B98 #22629B

triadic

#229B98 #98229B #9B9822

tetradic

#229B98 #5B229B #9B2225 #629B22

square

#229B98 #5B229B #9B2225 #629B22

split-complementary

#229B98 #9B2262 #9B5B22

monochromatic

#0C3736 #176967 #229B98 #2DCDC9 #5CDBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#229B98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#229B98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229B98

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229B98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229B98	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229b98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 155, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.100 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9b6',
    500: '#229b98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229b98;
$custom-light: #74b9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229b98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.512,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62675,
    "c": 0.1001,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229B98

secondary

#C0595C

accent

#4145E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #229B98

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

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