#229E91#229E91

#229E91 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.104 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229E91
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 145)
HSL	hsl(174, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(174, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 8.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.82, -35.40, -2.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.82, 35.50, 184.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% -0.1041 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.104 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.9949, 26.8359, 31.0140)
Luminance	0.2684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229E91 #9E222F

analogous

#229E53 #229E91 #226D9E

triadic

#229E91 #91229E #9E9122

tetradic

#229E91 #53229E #9E222F #6D9E22

square

#229E91 #53229E #9E222F #6D9E22

split-complementary

#229E91 #9E226D #9E5322

monochromatic

#0C3935 #176C63 #229E91 #2DD0BF #5EDCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#229E91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#229E91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E91

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229E91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229E91	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)

#969591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858892

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229e91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.104 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bbb1',
    500: '#229e91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229e91;
$custom-light: #74bbb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229e91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.71,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63209,
    "c": 0.10437,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229E91

secondary

#C15B65

accent

#4052E8

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F5

border

#C9D0CF

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E91

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

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