#229D98#229D98

#229D98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.102 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229D98
RGB	rgb(34, 157, 152)
HSL	hsl(178, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(178, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 0%, 3.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.71, -32.89, -6.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.71, 33.57, 191.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% -0.0998 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.102 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.3815, 26.7187, 33.8881)
Luminance	0.2672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229D98 #9D2227

analogous

#229D5B #229D98 #22659D

triadic

#229D98 #98229D #9D9822

tetradic

#229D98 #5B229D #9D2227 #659D22

square

#229D98 #5B229D #9D2227 #659D22

split-complementary

#229D98 #9D2265 #9D5B22

monochromatic

#0C3837 #176B67 #229D98 #2DCFC9 #5DDCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#229D98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#229D98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229D98

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229D98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229D98	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)

#939498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229d98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 157, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.102 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bab6',
    500: '#229d98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229d98;
$custom-light: #74bab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229d98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.561,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63188,
    "c": 0.10156,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229D98

secondary

#C15A5E

accent

#4047E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #229D98

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

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