#229D99#229D99

#229D99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.101 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229D99
RGB	rgb(34, 157, 153)
HSL	hsl(178, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(178, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 0%, 2.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.74, -32.59, -7.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.74, 33.39, 192.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% -0.0993 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.101 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.4637, 26.7516, 34.3213)
Luminance	0.2675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229D99 #9D2226

analogous

#229D5C #229D99 #22639D

triadic

#229D99 #99229D #9D9922

tetradic

#229D99 #5C229D #9D2226 #639D22

square

#229D99 #5C229D #9D2226 #639D22

split-complementary

#229D99 #9D2263 #9D5C22

monochromatic

#0C3837 #176B68 #229D99 #2DCFCA #5DDCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#229D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#229D99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229D99

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229D99	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82889A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 157, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.101 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bab7',
    500: '#229d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229d99;
$custom-light: #74bab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.049,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63224,
    "c": 0.10138,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229D99

secondary

#C15A5E

accent

#4046E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #229D99

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

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