#229C99#229C99

#229C99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.101 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229C99
RGB	rgb(34, 156, 153)
HSL	hsl(179, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(179, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 0%, 1.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.43, -32.12, -7.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.43, 33.03, 193.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% -0.0983 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.101 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.2952, 26.4147, 34.2651)
Luminance	0.2642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229C99 #9C2225

analogous

#229C5C #229C99 #22629C

triadic

#229C99 #99229C #9C9922

tetradic

#229C99 #5C229C #9C2225 #629C22

square

#229C99 #5C229C #9C2225 #629C22

split-complementary

#229C99 #9C2262 #9C5C22

monochromatic

#0C3836 #176A68 #229C99 #2DCECA #5DDCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#229C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#229C99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229C99

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229C99	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	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)

#929499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81879A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 156, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.101 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bab7',
    500: '#229c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229c99;
$custom-light: #74bab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.525,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62967,
    "c": 0.10066,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229C99

secondary

#C05A5C

accent

#4145E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #229C99

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

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