#229C96#229C96

#229C96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.101 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229C96
RGB	rgb(34, 156, 150)
HSL	hsl(177, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(177, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 0%, 3.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.34, -33.02, -6.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.34, 33.58, 190.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.86% -0.0997 -0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(62.86% 0.101 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.0506, 26.3168, 32.9766)
Luminance	0.2632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229C96 #9C2228

analogous

#229C59 #229C96 #22659C

triadic

#229C96 #96229C #9C9622

tetradic

#229C96 #59229C #9C2228 #659C22

square

#229C96 #59229C #9C2228 #659C22

split-complementary

#229C96 #9C2265 #9C5922

monochromatic

#0C3835 #176A66 #229C96 #2DCEC6 #5DDCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#229C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#229C96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229C96

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229C96	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	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)

#939396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 156, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.101 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bab4',
    500: '#229c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229c96;
$custom-light: #74bab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.049,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62862,
    "c": 0.10121,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229C96

secondary

#C05A5F

accent

#4149E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #229C96

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

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