#229F96#229F96

#229F96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.104 H 187.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229F96
RGB	rgb(34, 159, 150)
HSL	hsl(176, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(176, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 0%, 5.7%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, -34.42, -4.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 34.75, 187.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% -0.1027 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.104 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.5602, 27.3361, 33.1464)
Luminance	0.2734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229F96 #9F222B

analogous

#229F57 #229F96 #22699F

triadic

#229F96 #96229F #9F9622

tetradic

#229F96 #57229F #9F222B #699F22

square

#229F96 #57229F #9F222B #699F22

split-complementary

#229F96 #9F2269 #9F5722

monochromatic

#0C3A37 #176D66 #229F96 #2DD1C6 #5FDDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#229F96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#229F96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229F96

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229F96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229F96	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229f96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 159, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.104 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bcb4',
    500: '#229f96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229f96;
$custom-light: #74bcb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229f96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.68,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63634,
    "c": 0.10362,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229F96

secondary

#C15B63

accent

#404CE8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #229F96

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

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