#229F97#229F97

#229F97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.103 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229F97
RGB	rgb(34, 159, 151)
HSL	hsl(176, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(176, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 0%, 5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, -34.13, -5.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 34.53, 188.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% -0.1023 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.103 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.6411, 27.3684, 33.5723)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229F97 #9F222A

analogous

#229F58 #229F97 #22689F

triadic

#229F97 #97229F #9F9722

tetradic

#229F97 #58229F #9F222A #689F22

square

#229F97 #58229F #9F222A #689F22

split-complementary

#229F97 #9F2268 #9F5822

monochromatic

#0C3A37 #176D67 #229F97 #2DD1C7 #5FDDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#229F97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#229F97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229F97

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229F97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229F97	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	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)

#969697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229f97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 159, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.103 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bcb5',
    500: '#229f97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229f97;
$custom-light: #74bcb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229f97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.16,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63668,
    "c": 0.10335,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229F97

secondary

#C15B62

accent

#404BE8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #229F97

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

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