#229C9A#229C9A

#229C9A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.101 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229C9A
RGB	rgb(34, 156, 154)
HSL	hsl(179, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(179, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 0%, 1.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.46, -31.82, -8.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.46, 32.87, 194.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63% -0.0979 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.101 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.3782, 26.4478, 34.7019)
Luminance	0.2645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229C9A #9C2224

analogous

#229C5D #229C9A #22619C

triadic

#229C9A #9A229C #9C9A22

tetradic

#229C9A #5D229C #9C2224 #619C22

square

#229C9A #5D229C #9C2224 #619C22

split-complementary

#229C9A #9C2261 #9C5D22

monochromatic

#0C3837 #176A68 #229C9A #2DCECC #5DDCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#229C9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#229C9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229C9A

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229C9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229C9A	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92949A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81879B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229c9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 156, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.101 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bab7',
    500: '#229c9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229c9a;
$custom-light: #74bab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229c9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.016,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63003,
    "c": 0.10053,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229C9A

secondary

#C05A5B

accent

#4143E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #229C9A

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

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