#229D97#229D97

#229D97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.102 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229D97
RGB	rgb(34, 157, 151)
HSL	hsl(177, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(177, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 0%, 3.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.68, -33.19, -6.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.68, 33.76, 190.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% -0.1003 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.102 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.2999, 26.6861, 33.4586)
Luminance	0.2669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229D97 #9D2228

analogous

#229D59 #229D97 #22669D

triadic

#229D97 #97229D #9D9722

tetradic

#229D97 #59229D #9D2228 #669D22

square

#229D97 #59229D #9D2228 #669D22

split-complementary

#229D97 #9D2266 #9D5922

monochromatic

#0C3836 #176B67 #229D97 #2DCFC7 #5DDCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#229D97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#229D97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229D97

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229D97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229D97	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229d97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 157, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.102 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bab5',
    500: '#229d97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229d97;
$custom-light: #74bab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229d97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.073,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63154,
    "c": 0.10176,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229D97

secondary

#C15A5F

accent

#4049E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #229D97

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

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