#229F9A#229F9A

#229F9A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.103 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229F9A
RGB	rgb(34, 159, 154)
HSL	hsl(178, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 0%, 3.1%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, -33.24, -6.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 33.94, 191.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% -0.1009 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.103 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.8878, 27.4671, 34.8718)
Luminance	0.2747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229F9A #9F2227

analogous

#229F5B #229F9A #22659F

triadic

#229F9A #9A229F #9F9A22

tetradic

#229F9A #5B229F #9F2227 #659F22

square

#229F9A #5B229F #9F2227 #659F22

split-complementary

#229F9A #9F2265 #9F5B22

monochromatic

#0C3A38 #176D69 #229F9A #2DD1CB #5FDDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#229F9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#229F9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229F9A

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229F9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229F9A	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	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)

#95969A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229f9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 159, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.103 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bcb7',
    500: '#229f9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229f9a;
$custom-light: #75bcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229f9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.6,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63771,
    "c": 0.10268,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229F9A

secondary

#C15B5F

accent

#4047E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #229F9A

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

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