#229E9D#229E9D

#229E9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.102 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229E9D
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 157)
HSL	hsl(180, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(180, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 0.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, -31.87, -8.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 33.08, 195.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% -0.0985 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.102 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.9695, 27.2258, 36.1471)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229E9D #9E2223

analogous

#229E5F #229E9D #22619E

triadic

#229E9D #9D229E #9E9D22

tetradic

#229E9D #5F229E #9E2223 #619E22

square

#229E9D #5F229E #9E2223 #619E22

split-complementary

#229E9D #9E2261 #9E5F22

monochromatic

#0C3939 #176C6B #229E9D #2DD0CF #5EDCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#229E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#229E9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E9D

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229E9D	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93969D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.102 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbb9',
    500: '#229e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229e9d;
$custom-light: #75bbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.516,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63622,
    "c": 0.10155,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229E9D

secondary

#C15B5C

accent

#4042E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E9D

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

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