#229F9D#229F9D

#229F9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.102 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229F9D
RGB	rgb(34, 159, 157)
HSL	hsl(179, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 0%, 1.3%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.50, -32.34, -8.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.50, 33.41, 194.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% -0.0995 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.102 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.1408, 27.5683, 36.2042)
Luminance	0.2757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229F9D #9F2224

analogous

#229F5E #229F9D #22629F

triadic

#229F9D #9D229F #9F9D22

tetradic

#229F9D #5E229F #9F2224 #629F22

square

#229F9D #5E229F #9F2224 #629F22

split-complementary

#229F9D #9F2262 #9F5E22

monochromatic

#0C3A39 #176D6B #229F9D #2DD1CF #5FDDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#229F9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#229F9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229F9D

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229F9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229F9D	1.00	3.22	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.22	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)

#94979D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229f9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 159, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.102 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bcb9',
    500: '#229f9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229f9d;
$custom-light: #75bcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229f9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.04,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63877,
    "c": 0.10222,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229F9D

secondary

#C15B5D

accent

#4043E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #229F9D

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

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