#229D9C#229D9C

#229D9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.101 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229D9C
RGB	rgb(34, 157, 156)
HSL	hsl(180, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(180, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 0%, 0.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.84, -31.69, -8.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.84, 32.89, 195.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% -0.098 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.101 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.7146, 26.8520, 35.6427)
Luminance	0.2685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229D9C #9D2223

analogous

#229D5E #229D9C #22619D

triadic

#229D9C #9C229D #9D9C22

tetradic

#229D9C #5E229D #9D2223 #619D22

square

#229D9C #5E229D #9D2223 #619D22

split-complementary

#229D9C #9D2261 #9D5E22

monochromatic

#0C3838 #176B6A #229D9C #2DCFCE #5DDCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#229D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#229D9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229D9C

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229D9C	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92959C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81889D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 157, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.101 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bab9',
    500: '#229d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229d9c;
$custom-light: #75bab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.512,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6333,
    "c": 0.10098,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229D9C

secondary

#C15A5B

accent

#4042E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #229D9C

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

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