#229F98#229F98

#229F98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.103 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229F98
RGB	rgb(34, 159, 152)
HSL	hsl(177, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(177, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 0%, 4.4%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.34, -33.83, -5.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.34, 34.32, 189.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% -0.1018 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.103 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.7226, 27.4010, 34.0018)
Luminance	0.2740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229F98 #9F2229

analogous

#229F59 #229F98 #22679F

triadic

#229F98 #98229F #9F9822

tetradic

#229F98 #59229F #9F2229 #679F22

square

#229F98 #59229F #9F2229 #679F22

split-complementary

#229F98 #9F2267 #9F5922

monochromatic

#0C3A38 #176D68 #229F98 #2DD1C8 #5FDDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#229F98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#229F98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229F98

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229F98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229F98	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229f98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 159, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.103 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bcb6',
    500: '#229f98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229f98;
$custom-light: #75bcb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229f98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.64,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63702,
    "c": 0.10311,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229F98

secondary

#C15B61

accent

#4049E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #229F98

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

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