#229F9E#229F9E

#229F9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.102 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229F9E
RGB	rgb(34, 159, 158)
HSL	hsl(180, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(180, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 0%, 0.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.53, -32.04, -8.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.53, 33.26, 195.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% -0.099 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.102 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.2265, 27.6026, 36.6556)
Luminance	0.2761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229F9E #9F2223

analogous

#229F5F #229F9E #22619F

triadic

#229F9E #9E229F #9F9E22

tetradic

#229F9E #5F229F #9F2223 #619F22

square

#229F9E #5F229F #9F2223 #619F22

split-complementary

#229F9E #9F2261 #9F5F22

monochromatic

#0C3A3A #176D6C #229F9E #2DD1D0 #5FDDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#229F9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#229F9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229F9E

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229F9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229F9E	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94979E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229f9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 159, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.102 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bcba',
    500: '#229f9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229f9e;
$custom-light: #75bcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229f9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.52,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63913,
    "c": 0.10211,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229F9E

secondary

#C15B5C

accent

#4041E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #229F9E

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

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