#229D9F#229D9F

#229D9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.101 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229D9F
RGB	rgb(34, 157, 159)
HSL	hsl(181, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 1.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.93, -30.78, -10.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.93, 32.48, 198.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% -0.0966 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.101 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.9718, 26.9549, 36.9971)
Luminance	0.2696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229D9F #9F2422

analogous

#229F62 #229D9F #225E9F

triadic

#229D9F #9F229D #9D9F22

tetradic

#229D9F #62229F #9F2422 #5E9F22

square

#229D9F #62229F #9F2422 #5E9F22

split-complementary

#229D9F #9F225E #9F6222

monochromatic

#0C393A #176B6D #229D9F #2DCFD1 #5FDBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#229D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#229D9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229D9F

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229D9F	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92959F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8088A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 157, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.101 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75babb',
    500: '#229d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229d9f;
$custom-light: #75babb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.96,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6344,
    "c": 0.10081,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229D9F

secondary

#C15D5B

accent

#4340E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #229D9F

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

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