#229C9B#229C9B

#229C9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.100 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229C9B
RGB	rgb(34, 156, 155)
HSL	hsl(180, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(180, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 0%, 0.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.49, -31.52, -8.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.49, 32.71, 195.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% -0.0974 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.1 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.4618, 26.4813, 35.1424)
Luminance	0.2648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229C9B #9C2223

analogous

#229C5E #229C9B #22609C

triadic

#229C9B #9B229C #9C9B22

tetradic

#229C9B #5E229C #9C2223 #609C22

square

#229C9B #5E229C #9C2223 #609C22

split-complementary

#229C9B #9C2260 #9C5E22

monochromatic

#0C3837 #176A69 #229C9B #2DCECD #5DDCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#229C9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#229C9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229C9B

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229C9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229C9B	1.00	3.34	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91949B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80879C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229c9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 156, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.100 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9b8',
    500: '#229c9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229c9b;
$custom-light: #74b9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229c9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.508,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63039,
    "c": 0.10042,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229C9B

secondary

#C05A5A

accent

#4142E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #229C9B

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

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