#229C91#229C91

#229C91 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.103 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229C91
RGB	rgb(34, 156, 145)
HSL	hsl(175, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(175, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 0%, 7.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.19, -34.48, -3.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.19, 34.66, 185.83°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% -0.1021 -0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.103 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.6565, 26.1592, 30.9012)
Luminance	0.2616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229C91 #9C222D

analogous

#229C54 #229C91 #226A9C

triadic

#229C91 #91229C #9C9122

tetradic

#229C91 #54229C #9C222D #6A9C22

square

#229C91 #54229C #9C222D #6A9C22

split-complementary

#229C91 #9C226A #9C5422

monochromatic

#0C3834 #176A62 #229C91 #2DCEC0 #5DDCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#229C91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#229C91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229C91

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229C91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229C91	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)

#949391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838792

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229c91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 156, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.103 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bab1',
    500: '#229c91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229c91;
$custom-light: #73bab1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229c91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.59,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62691,
    "c": 0.10257,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229C91

secondary

#C05A63

accent

#4150E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F5

border

#C9D0CF

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229C91

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

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