#229D9D#229D9D

#229D9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.101 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229D9D
RGB	rgb(34, 157, 157)
HSL	hsl(180, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(180, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 0%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, -31.39, -9.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 32.74, 196.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% -0.0975 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.101 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.7996, 26.8860, 36.0904)
Luminance	0.2689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229D9D #9D2222

analogous

#229D60 #229D9D #22609D

triadic

#229D9D #9D229D #9D9D22

tetradic

#229D9D #60229D #9D2222 #609D22

square

#229D9D #60229D #9D2222 #609D22

split-complementary

#229D9D #9D2260 #9D6022

monochromatic

#0C3838 #176B6B #229D9D #2DCFCF #5DDCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#229D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#229D9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229D9D

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229D9D	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92959D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81889E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 157, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.101 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bab9',
    500: '#229d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229d9d;
$custom-light: #75bab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63367,
    "c": 0.10091,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229D9D

secondary

#C15A5A

accent

#4040E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #229D9D

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

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