#229F91#229F91

#229F91 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.105 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229F91
RGB	rgb(34, 159, 145)
HSL	hsl(173, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(173, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 0%, 8.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, -35.86, -2.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 35.93, 183.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% -0.1051 -0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.105 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.1662, 27.1784, 31.0711)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229F91 #9F2230

analogous

#229F52 #229F91 #226E9F

triadic

#229F91 #91229F #9F9122

tetradic

#229F91 #52229F #9F2230 #6E9F22

square

#229F91 #52229F #9F2230 #6E9F22

split-complementary

#229F91 #9F226E #9F5222

monochromatic

#0C3A35 #176D63 #229F91 #2DD1BF #5FDDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#229F91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#229F91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229F91

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229F91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229F91	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)

#979591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868992

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229f91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 159, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.105 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bcb1',
    500: '#229f91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229f91;
$custom-light: #74bcb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229f91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.28,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63467,
    "c": 0.1053,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229F91

secondary

#C15B67

accent

#4053E8

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F5

border

#C9D0CF

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229F91

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

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