#229AA5#229AA5

#229AA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.100 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229AA5
RGB	rgb(34, 154, 165)
HSL	hsl(185, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(185, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 6.7%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.19, -27.43, -14.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.19, 31.21, 208.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% -0.091 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.1 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.0038, 26.1655, 39.6389)
Luminance	0.2617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229AA5 #A52D22

analogous

#22A56F #229AA5 #2259A5

triadic

#229AA5 #A5229A #9AA522

tetradic

#229AA5 #6F22A5 #A52D22 #59A522

square

#229AA5 #6F22A5 #A52D22 #59A522

split-complementary

#229AA5 #A52259 #A56F22

monochromatic

#0D3B40 #186B72 #229AA5 #30C7D4 #63D4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#229AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#229AA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229AA5

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229AA5	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D93A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B86A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 154, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.100 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b8bf',
    500: '#229aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229aa5;
$custom-light: #75b8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.038,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62907,
    "c": 0.09994,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229AA5

secondary

#C4675F

accent

#4D3FE9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #229AA5

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

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