#229C90#229C90

#229C90 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.103 H 184.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229C90
RGB	rgb(34, 156, 144)
HSL	hsl(174, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(174, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 0%, 7.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.16, -34.77, -3.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.16, 34.90, 184.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% -0.1025 -0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.103 184.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.5797, 26.1285, 30.4969)
Luminance	0.2613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229C90 #9C222E

analogous

#229C53 #229C90 #226B9C

triadic

#229C90 #90229C #9C9022

tetradic

#229C90 #53229C #9C222E #6B9C22

square

#229C90 #53229C #9C222E #6B9C22

split-complementary

#229C90 #9C226B #9C5322

monochromatic

#0C3833 #176A62 #229C90 #2DCEBE #5DDCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#229C90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#229C90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229C90

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229C90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229C90	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)

#949390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838791

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229c90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 156, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.103 184.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bab0',
    500: '#229c90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229c90;
$custom-light: #73bab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229c90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.098,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62658,
    "c": 0.10291,
    "h": 184.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229C90

secondary

#C05A64

accent

#4151E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229C90

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

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