#229E9B#229E9B

#229E9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.102 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229E9B
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 155)
HSL	hsl(179, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 1.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.12, -32.47, -7.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.12, 33.40, 193.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.0994 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.102 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.8002, 27.1580, 35.2552)
Luminance	0.2716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229E9B #9E2225

analogous

#229E5D #229E9B #22639E

triadic

#229E9B #9B229E #9E9B22

tetradic

#229E9B #5D229E #9E2225 #639E22

square

#229E9B #5D229E #9E2225 #639E22

split-complementary

#229E9B #9E2263 #9E5D22

monochromatic

#0C3938 #176C6A #229E9B #2DD0CC #5EDCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#229E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#229E9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E9B

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229E9B	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	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)

#94969B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83899C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.102 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbb8',
    500: '#229e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229e9b;
$custom-light: #75bbb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.548,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6355,
    "c": 0.10179,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229E9B

secondary

#C15B5D

accent

#4044E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E9B

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

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