#229E9E#229E9E

#229E9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.101 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229E9E
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 158)
HSL	hsl(180, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(180, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.21, -31.56, -9.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.21, 32.93, 196.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% -0.098 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.101 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.0552, 27.2601, 36.5985)
Luminance	0.2726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229E9E #9E2222

analogous

#229E60 #229E9E #22609E

triadic

#229E9E #9E229E #9E9E22

tetradic

#229E9E #60229E #9E2222 #609E22

square

#229E9E #60229E #9E2222 #609E22

split-complementary

#229E9E #9E2260 #9E6022

monochromatic

#0C3939 #176C6C #229E9E #2DD0D0 #5EDCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#229E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#229E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E9E

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229E9E	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	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)

#93969E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.101 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbba',
    500: '#229e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229e9e;
$custom-light: #75bbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63658,
    "c": 0.10146,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229E9E

secondary

#C15B5B

accent

#4040E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E9E

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

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