#229D9B#229D9B

#229D9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.101 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229D9B
RGB	rgb(34, 157, 155)
HSL	hsl(179, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(179, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 0%, 1.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.81, -31.99, -8.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.81, 33.05, 194.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% -0.0984 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.101 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.6303, 26.8183, 35.1985)
Luminance	0.2682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229D9B #9D2224

analogous

#229D5D #229D9B #22629D

triadic

#229D9B #9B229D #9D9B22

tetradic

#229D9B #5D229D #9D2224 #629D22

square

#229D9B #5D229D #9D2224 #629D22

split-complementary

#229D9B #9D2262 #9D5D22

monochromatic

#0C3838 #176B69 #229D9B #2DCFCD #5DDCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#229D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#229D9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229D9B

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229D9B	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)

#93959B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81889C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 157, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.101 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bab8',
    500: '#229d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229d9b;
$custom-light: #75bab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.024,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63295,
    "c": 0.10109,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229D9B

secondary

#C15A5C

accent

#4043E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #229D9B

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

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