#229B9F#229B9F

#229B9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.100 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229B9F
RGB	rgb(34, 155, 159)
HSL	hsl(182, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(182, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 2.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.31, -29.81, -11.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.31, 31.88, 200.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% -0.0946 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.1 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.6362, 26.2837, 36.8852)
Luminance	0.2629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229B9F #9F2622

analogous

#229F64 #229B9F #225C9F

triadic

#229B9F #9F229B #9B9F22

tetradic

#229B9F #64229F #9F2622 #5C9F22

square

#229B9F #64229F #9F2622 #5C9F22

split-complementary

#229B9F #9F225C #9F6422

monochromatic

#0C393A #176A6D #229B9F #2DCCD1 #5FD9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#229B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#229B9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229B9F

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229B9F	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F949F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E87A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 155, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.100 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9bb',
    500: '#229b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229b9f;
$custom-light: #75b9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.92,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6293,
    "c": 0.09968,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229B9F

secondary

#C15F5B

accent

#4540E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #229B9F

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

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