#229C9C#229C9C

#229C9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.100 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229C9C
RGB	rgb(34, 156, 156)
HSL	hsl(180, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(180, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 0%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.52, -31.21, -9.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.52, 32.56, 196.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% -0.097 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.1 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.5461, 26.5150, 35.5865)
Luminance	0.2652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229C9C #9C2222

analogous

#229C5F #229C9C #225F9C

triadic

#229C9C #9C229C #9C9C22

tetradic

#229C9C #5F229C #9C2222 #5F9C22

square

#229C9C #5F229C #9C2222 #5F9C22

split-complementary

#229C9C #9C225F #9C5F22

monochromatic

#0C3838 #176A6A #229C9C #2DCECE #5DDCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#229C9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#229C9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229C9C

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229C9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229C9C	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	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)

#91949C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80879D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229c9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 156, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.100 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9b9',
    500: '#229c9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229c9c;
$custom-light: #75b9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229c9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63075,
    "c": 0.10034,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229C9C

secondary

#C05A5A

accent

#4141E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #229C9C

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

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