#229E96#229E96

#229E96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.103 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229E96
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 150)
HSL	hsl(176, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(176, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 5.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, -33.95, -5.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 34.35, 188.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% -0.1017 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.103 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.3889, 26.9935, 33.0893)
Luminance	0.2700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229E96 #9E222A

analogous

#229E58 #229E96 #22689E

triadic

#229E96 #96229E #9E9622

tetradic

#229E96 #58229E #9E222A #689E22

square

#229E96 #58229E #9E222A #689E22

split-complementary

#229E96 #9E2268 #9E5822

monochromatic

#0C3936 #176C66 #229E96 #2DD0C6 #5EDCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#229E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#229E96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E96

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229E96	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.103 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bbb4',
    500: '#229e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229e96;
$custom-light: #74bbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.129,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63376,
    "c": 0.10279,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229E96

secondary

#C15B61

accent

#404BE8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E96

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

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