#229E9A#229E9A

#229E9A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.102 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229E9A
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 154)
HSL	hsl(178, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 2.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, -32.77, -7.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 33.57, 192.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% -0.0999 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.102 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.7165, 27.1246, 34.8147)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229E9A #9E2226

analogous

#229E5C #229E9A #22649E

triadic

#229E9A #9A229E #9E9A22

tetradic

#229E9A #5C229E #9E2226 #649E22

square

#229E9A #5C229E #9E2226 #649E22

split-complementary

#229E9A #9E2264 #9E5C22

monochromatic

#0C3938 #176C69 #229E9A #2DD0CB #5EDCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#229E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#229E9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E9A

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229E9A	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94959A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83899B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.102 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbb7',
    500: '#229e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229e9a;
$custom-light: #75bbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.065,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63515,
    "c": 0.10195,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229E9A

secondary

#C15B5E

accent

#4046E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E9A

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

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