#229B9C#229B9C

#229B9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.100 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229B9C
RGB	rgb(34, 155, 156)
HSL	hsl(180, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(180, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 0.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.21, -30.73, -9.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.21, 32.24, 197.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% -0.096 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.1 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.3790, 26.1808, 35.5308)
Luminance	0.2618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229B9C #9C2322

analogous

#229C60 #229B9C #225E9C

triadic

#229B9C #9C229B #9B9C22

tetradic

#229B9C #60229C #9C2322 #5E9C22

square

#229B9C #60229C #9C2322 #5E9C22

split-complementary

#229B9C #9C225E #9C6022

monochromatic

#0C3738 #17696A #229B9C #2DCDCE #5DDBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#229B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#229B9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229B9C

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229B9C	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90939C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 155, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.100 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9b9',
    500: '#229b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229b9c;
$custom-light: #74b9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.492,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62819,
    "c": 0.09972,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229B9C

secondary

#C05A5A

accent

#4241E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #229B9C

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

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