#229F9F#229F9F

#229F9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.102 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229F9F
RGB	rgb(34, 159, 159)
HSL	hsl(180, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(180, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 0%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.56, -31.74, -9.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.56, 33.11, 196.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.95% -0.0986 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(63.95% 0.102 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.3129, 27.6372, 37.1108)
Luminance	0.2764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229F9F #9F2222

analogous

#229F60 #229F9F #22609F

triadic

#229F9F #9F229F #9F9F22

tetradic

#229F9F #60229F #9F2222 #609F22

square

#229F9F #60229F #9F2222 #609F22

split-complementary

#229F9F #9F2260 #9F6022

monochromatic

#0C3A3A #176D6D #229F9F #2DD1D1 #5FDDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#229F9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#229F9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229F9F

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229F9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229F9F	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94979F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838AA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229f9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 159, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.102 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bcbb',
    500: '#229f9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229f9f;
$custom-light: #75bcbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229f9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63949,
    "c": 0.10203,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229F9F

secondary

#C15B5B

accent

#4040E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #229F9F

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

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