#229B99#229B99

#229B99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.100 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229B99
RGB	rgb(34, 155, 153)
HSL	hsl(179, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(179, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 0%, 1.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.11, -31.64, -8.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.11, 32.68, 194.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.71% -0.0973 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(62.71% 0.1 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.1281, 26.0804, 34.2094)
Luminance	0.2608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229B99 #9B2224

analogous

#229B5C #229B99 #22619B

triadic

#229B99 #99229B #9B9922

tetradic

#229B99 #5C229B #9B2224 #619B22

square

#229B99 #5C229B #9B2224 #619B22

split-complementary

#229B99 #9B2261 #9B5C22

monochromatic

#0C3736 #176967 #229B99 #2DCDCB #5CDBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#229B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#229B99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229B99

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229B99	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80869A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 155, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.100 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9b7',
    500: '#229b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229b99;
$custom-light: #74b9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.008,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62711,
    "c": 0.09996,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229B99

secondary

#C0595B

accent

#4144E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #229B99

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

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