#229D9A#229D9A

#229D9A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.101 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229D9A
RGB	rgb(34, 157, 154)
HSL	hsl(179, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(179, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 0%, 1.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.77, -32.29, -7.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.77, 33.22, 193.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% -0.0989 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.101 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.5467, 26.7848, 34.7581)
Luminance	0.2679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229D9A #9D2225

analogous

#229D5D #229D9A #22629D

triadic

#229D9A #9A229D #9D9A22

tetradic

#229D9A #5D229D #9D2225 #629D22

square

#229D9A #5D229D #9D2225 #629D22

split-complementary

#229D9A #9D2262 #9D5D22

monochromatic

#0C3837 #176B69 #229D9A #2DCFCB #5DDCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#229D9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#229D9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229D9A

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229D9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229D9A	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93959A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82889B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229d9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 157, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.101 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bab7',
    500: '#229d9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229d9a;
$custom-light: #74bab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229d9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.537,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63259,
    "c": 0.10122,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229D9A

secondary

#C15A5D

accent

#4044E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #229D9A

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

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