#229E9F#229E9F

#229E9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.101 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229E9F
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 159)
HSL	hsl(180, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(180, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 0.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, -31.26, -9.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 32.79, 197.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% -0.0976 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.101 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.1417, 27.2946, 37.0537)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229E9F #9F2322

analogous

#229F61 #229E9F #225F9F

triadic

#229E9F #9F229E #9E9F22

tetradic

#229E9F #61229F #9F2322 #5F9F22

square

#229E9F #61229F #9F2322 #5F9F22

split-complementary

#229E9F #9F225F #9F6122

monochromatic

#0C3A3A #176C6D #229E9F #2DD0D1 #5FDCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#229E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#229E9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E9F

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229E9F	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93969F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8189A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.101 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbbb',
    500: '#229e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229e9f;
$custom-light: #75bbbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.48,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63694,
    "c": 0.10141,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229E9F

secondary

#C15C5B

accent

#4140E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E9F

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

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