#229E97#229E97

#229E97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.103 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229E97
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 151)
HSL	hsl(177, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(177, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 4.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, -33.66, -5.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 34.14, 189.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% -0.1013 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.103 189)
XYZ	xyz(18.4698, 27.0259, 33.5152)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229E97 #9E2229

analogous

#229E59 #229E97 #22679E

triadic

#229E97 #97229E #9E9722

tetradic

#229E97 #59229E #9E2229 #679E22

square

#229E97 #59229E #9E2229 #679E22

split-complementary

#229E97 #9E2267 #9E5922

monochromatic

#0C3937 #176C67 #229E97 #2DD0C7 #5EDCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#229E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#229E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E97

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229E97	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.103 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bbb5',
    500: '#229e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229e97;
$custom-light: #74bbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.613,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63411,
    "c": 0.10255,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.27028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229E97

secondary

#C15B61

accent

#404AE8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E97

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →