#229B9E#229B9E

#229B9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.100 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229B9E
RGB	rgb(34, 155, 158)
HSL	hsl(181, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 1.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.27, -30.12, -10.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.27, 31.99, 199.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.095 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.1 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.5498, 26.2491, 36.4300)
Luminance	0.2625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229B9E #9E2522

analogous

#229E63 #229B9E #225D9E

triadic

#229B9E #9E229B #9B9E22

tetradic

#229B9E #63229E #9E2522 #5D9E22

square

#229B9E #63229E #9E2522 #5D9E22

split-complementary

#229B9E #9E225D #9E6322

monochromatic

#0C3839 #176A6C #229B9E #2DCCD0 #5ED9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#229B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#229B9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229B9E

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229B9E	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90939E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E879F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 155, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.100 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9ba',
    500: '#229b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229b9e;
$custom-light: #75b9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.452,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62893,
    "c": 0.09967,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229B9E

secondary

#C15D5B

accent

#4440E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #229B9E

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

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