#229E99#229E99

#229E99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.102 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229E99
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 153)
HSL	hsl(178, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 3.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, -33.07, -6.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 33.75, 191.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% -0.1003 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.102 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.6336, 27.0914, 34.3779)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229E99 #9E2227

analogous

#229E5B #229E99 #22659E

triadic

#229E99 #99229E #9E9922

tetradic

#229E99 #5B229E #9E2227 #659E22

square

#229E99 #5B229E #9E2227 #659E22

split-complementary

#229E99 #9E2265 #9E5B22

monochromatic

#0C3937 #176C68 #229E99 #2DD0CA #5EDCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#229E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#229E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E99

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229E99	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83899A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.102 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbb7',
    500: '#229e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229e99;
$custom-light: #75bbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.581,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6348,
    "c": 0.10212,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229E99

secondary

#C15B5F

accent

#4047E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E99

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

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