#229F99#229F99

#229F99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.103 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229F99
RGB	rgb(34, 159, 153)
HSL	hsl(177, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(177, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 0%, 3.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, -33.54, -6.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 34.13, 190.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% -0.1013 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.103 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.8049, 27.4339, 34.4350)
Luminance	0.2744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229F99 #9F2228

analogous

#229F5A #229F99 #22669F

triadic

#229F99 #99229F #9F9922

tetradic

#229F99 #5A229F #9F2228 #669F22

square

#229F99 #5A229F #9F2228 #669F22

split-complementary

#229F99 #9F2266 #9F5A22

monochromatic

#0C3A38 #176D68 #229F99 #2DD1CA #5FDDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#229F99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#229F99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229F99

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229F99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229F99	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229f99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 159, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.103 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bcb7',
    500: '#229f99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229f99;
$custom-light: #75bcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229f99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.12,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63736,
    "c": 0.10288,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229F99

secondary

#C15B60

accent

#4048E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #229F99

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

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