#229F9C#229F9C

#229F9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.102 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229F9C
RGB	rgb(34, 159, 156)
HSL	hsl(179, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 0%, 1.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, -32.64, -7.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 33.58, 193.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% -0.1 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.102 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.0558, 27.5343, 35.7564)
Luminance	0.2754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229F9C #9F2225

analogous

#229F5D #229F9C #22639F

triadic

#229F9C #9C229F #9F9C22

tetradic

#229F9C #5D229F #9F2225 #639F22

square

#229F9C #5D229F #9F2225 #639F22

split-complementary

#229F9C #9F2263 #9F5D22

monochromatic

#0C3A39 #176D6B #229F9C #2DD1CD #5FDDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#229F9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#229F9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229F9C

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229F9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229F9C	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95979C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229f9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 159, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.102 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bcb9',
    500: '#229f9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229f9c;
$custom-light: #75bcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229f9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.56,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63842,
    "c": 0.10235,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229F9C

secondary

#C15B5E

accent

#4044E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #229F9C

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

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