#229C98#229C98

#229C98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.101 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229C98
RGB	rgb(34, 156, 152)
HSL	hsl(178, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(178, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 0%, 2.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.40, -32.42, -7.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.40, 33.21, 192.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% -0.0988 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.101 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.2130, 26.3818, 33.8320)
Luminance	0.2638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229C98 #9C2226

analogous

#229C5B #229C98 #22639C

triadic

#229C98 #98229C #9C9822

tetradic

#229C98 #5B229C #9C2226 #639C22

square

#229C98 #5B229C #9C2226 #639C22

split-complementary

#229C98 #9C2263 #9C5B22

monochromatic

#0C3836 #176A67 #229C98 #2DCEC9 #5DDCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#229C98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#229C98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229C98

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229C98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229C98	1.00	3.35	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229c98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 156, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.101 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bab6',
    500: '#229c98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229c98;
$custom-light: #74bab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229c98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.033,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62932,
    "c": 0.10082,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229C98

secondary

#C05A5D

accent

#4146E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #229C98

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

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