#229AA6#229AA6

#229AA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.100 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229AA6
RGB	rgb(34, 154, 166)
HSL	hsl(185, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(185, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.5%, 7.2%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.23, -27.11, -15.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.23, 31.18, 209.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% -0.0905 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.1 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.0952, 26.2021, 40.1201)
Luminance	0.2620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229AA6 #A62E22

analogous

#22A670 #229AA6 #2258A6

triadic

#229AA6 #A6229A #9AA622

tetradic

#229AA6 #7022A6 #A62E22 #58A622

square

#229AA6 #7022A6 #A62E22 #58A622

split-complementary

#229AA6 #A62258 #A67022

monochromatic

#0D3C40 #186B73 #229AA6 #30C6D5 #63D4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#229AA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#229AA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229AA6

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229AA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229AA6	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D93A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B86A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229aa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 154, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.100 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b8c0',
    500: '#229aa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229aa6;
$custom-light: #75b8c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229aa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62946,
    "c": 0.10015,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229AA6

secondary

#C4695F

accent

#4E3FE9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #229AA6

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

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