#229E90#229E90

#229E90 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.105 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229E90
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 144)
HSL	hsl(173, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(173, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 8.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.79, -35.69, -2.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.79, 35.75, 183.31°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% -0.1046 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.105 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.9181, 26.8052, 30.6097)
Luminance	0.2681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229E90 #9E2230

analogous

#229E52 #229E90 #226E9E

triadic

#229E90 #90229E #9E9022

tetradic

#229E90 #52229E #9E2230 #6E9E22

square

#229E90 #52229E #9E2230 #6E9E22

split-complementary

#229E90 #9E226E #9E5222

monochromatic

#0C3934 #176C62 #229E90 #2DD0BE #5EDCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#229E90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#229E90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E90

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229E90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229E90	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)

#969590

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868891

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229e90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.105 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bbb0',
    500: '#229e90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229e90;
$custom-light: #74bbb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229e90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.226,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63176,
    "c": 0.10475,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229E90

secondary

#C15B66

accent

#4053E8

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E90

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

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