#229E9C#229E9C

#229E9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.102 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229E9C
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 156)
HSL	hsl(179, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 1.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, -32.17, -8.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 33.23, 194.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% -0.099 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.102 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.8845, 27.1918, 35.6993)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229E9C #9E2224

analogous

#229E5E #229E9C #22629E

triadic

#229E9C #9C229E #9E9C22

tetradic

#229E9C #5E229E #9E2224 #629E22

square

#229E9C #5E229E #9E2224 #629E22

split-complementary

#229E9C #9E2262 #9E5E22

monochromatic

#0C3939 #176C6A #229E9C #2DD0CE #5EDCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#229E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#229E9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E9C

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229E9C	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94969C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.102 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbb9',
    500: '#229e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229e9c;
$custom-light: #75bbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.032,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63586,
    "c": 0.10166,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229E9C

secondary

#C15B5C

accent

#4043E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E9C

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

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