#229F9B#229F9B

#229F9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.102 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229F9B
RGB	rgb(34, 159, 155)
HSL	hsl(178, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 0%, 2.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, -32.94, -7.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 33.75, 192.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% -0.1004 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.103 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.9714, 27.5006, 35.3122)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229F9B #9F2226

analogous

#229F5C #229F9B #22649F

triadic

#229F9B #9B229F #9F9B22

tetradic

#229F9B #5C229F #9F2226 #649F22

square

#229F9B #5C229F #9F2226 #649F22

split-complementary

#229F9B #9F2264 #9F5C22

monochromatic

#0C3A39 #176D6A #229F9B #2DD1CC #5FDDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#229F9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#229F9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229F9B

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229F9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229F9B	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95969B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229f9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 159, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.102 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bcb8',
    500: '#229f9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229f9b;
$custom-light: #75bcb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229f9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.08,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63806,
    "c": 0.1025,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229F9B

secondary

#C15B5F

accent

#4045E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #229F9B

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

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