#229D9E#229D9E

#229D9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.101 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229D9E
RGB	rgb(34, 157, 158)
HSL	hsl(180, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(180, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.90, -31.08, -9.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.90, 32.61, 197.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% -0.097 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.101 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.8854, 26.9203, 36.5419)
Luminance	0.2692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229D9E #9E2322

analogous

#229E61 #229D9E #225F9E

triadic

#229D9E #9E229D #9D9E22

tetradic

#229D9E #61229E #9E2322 #5F9E22

square

#229D9E #61229E #9E2322 #5F9E22

split-complementary

#229D9E #9E225F #9E6122

monochromatic

#0C3939 #176B6C #229D9E #2DCFD0 #5EDBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#229D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#229D9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229D9E

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229D9E	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)

#92959E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81889F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 157, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.101 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75baba',
    500: '#229d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229d9e;
$custom-light: #75baba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.484,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63403,
    "c": 0.10084,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229D9E

secondary

#C15C5B

accent

#4240E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #229D9E

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

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