#229C97#229C97

#229C97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.101 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229C97
RGB	rgb(34, 156, 151)
HSL	hsl(178, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(178, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 0%, 3.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.37, -32.72, -6.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.37, 33.39, 191.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% -0.0993 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.101 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.1314, 26.3491, 33.4024)
Luminance	0.2635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229C97 #9C2227

analogous

#229C5A #229C97 #22649C

triadic

#229C97 #97229C #9C9722

tetradic

#229C97 #5A229C #9C2227 #649C22

square

#229C97 #5A229C #9C2227 #649C22

split-complementary

#229C97 #9C2264 #9C5A22

monochromatic

#0C3836 #176A66 #229C97 #2DCEC8 #5DDCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#229C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#229C97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229C97

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229C97	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 156, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.101 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bab5',
    500: '#229c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229c97;
$custom-light: #74bab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.541,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62897,
    "c": 0.101,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229C97

secondary

#C05A5E

accent

#4147E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #229C97

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

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