#229B9A#229B9A

#229B9A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.100 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229B9A
RGB	rgb(34, 155, 154)
HSL	hsl(180, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(180, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 0%, 0.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.14, -31.34, -8.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.14, 32.53, 195.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% -0.0969 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.1 194)
XYZ	xyz(18.2111, 26.1136, 34.6462)
Luminance	0.2612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229B9A #9B2223

analogous

#229B5E #229B9A #22609B

triadic

#229B9A #9A229B #9B9A22

tetradic

#229B9A #5E229B #9B2223 #609B22

square

#229B9A #5E229B #9B2223 #609B22

split-complementary

#229B9A #9B2260 #9B5E22

monochromatic

#0C3736 #176968 #229B9A #2DCDCC #5CDBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#229B9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#229B9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229B9A

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229B9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229B9A	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	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)

#91939A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80869B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229b9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 155, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.100 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9b7',
    500: '#229b9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229b9a;
$custom-light: #74b9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229b9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.504,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62747,
    "c": 0.09986,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.26116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229B9A

secondary

#C0595A

accent

#4142E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #229B9A

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

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