#229C9D#229C9D

#229C9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.100 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229C9D
RGB	rgb(34, 156, 157)
HSL	hsl(180, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(180, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 0.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.55, -30.91, -9.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.55, 32.42, 197.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% -0.0965 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.1 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.6311, 26.5490, 36.0343)
Luminance	0.2655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229C9D #9D2322

analogous

#229D61 #229C9D #225E9D

triadic

#229C9D #9D229C #9C9D22

tetradic

#229C9D #61229D #9D2322 #5E9D22

square

#229C9D #61229D #9D2322 #5E9D22

split-complementary

#229C9D #9D225E #9D6122

monochromatic

#0C3838 #176A6B #229C9D #2DCECF #5DDBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#229C9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#229C9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229C9D

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229C9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229C9D	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91949D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80879E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229c9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 156, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.100 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9b9',
    500: '#229c9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229c9d;
$custom-light: #75b9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229c9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.488,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63111,
    "c": 0.10028,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229C9D

secondary

#C15B5A

accent

#4240E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #229C9D

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

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