#229B9B#229B9B

#229B9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.100 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229B9B
RGB	rgb(34, 155, 155)
HSL	hsl(180, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(180, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 0%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, -31.04, -9.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 32.38, 196.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% -0.0964 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.1 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.2947, 26.1471, 35.0867)
Luminance	0.2615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229B9B #9B2222

analogous

#229B5F #229B9B #225F9B

triadic

#229B9B #9B229B #9B9B22

tetradic

#229B9B #5F229B #9B2222 #5F9B22

square

#229B9B #5F229B #9B2222 #5F9B22

split-complementary

#229B9B #9B225F #9B5F22

monochromatic

#0C3737 #176969 #229B9B #2DCDCD #5CDBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#229B9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#229B9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229B9B

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229B9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229B9B	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90939B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229b9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 155, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.100 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9b8',
    500: '#229b9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229b9b;
$custom-light: #74b9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229b9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62783,
    "c": 0.09977,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229B9B

secondary

#C05959

accent

#4141E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #229B9B

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

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