#229AA8#229AA8

#229AA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.101 H 207.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229AA8
RGB	rgb(34, 154, 168)
HSL	hsl(186, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(186, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 8.3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.30, -26.47, -16.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.30, 31.15, 211.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% -0.0897 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.101 207)
XYZ	xyz(19.2800, 26.2760, 41.0938)
Luminance	0.2628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229AA8 #A83022

analogous

#22A873 #229AA8 #2257A8

triadic

#229AA8 #A8229A #9AA822

tetradic

#229AA8 #7322A8 #A83022 #57A822

square

#229AA8 #7322A8 #A83022 #57A822

split-complementary

#229AA8 #A82257 #A87322

monochromatic

#0D3D42 #186B75 #229AA8 #32C4D5 #65D3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#229AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#229AA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229AA8

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229AA8	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C94A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A87A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 154, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.101 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b8c1',
    500: '#229aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229aa8;
$custom-light: #76b8c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.269,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63026,
    "c": 0.10065,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.26278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229AA8

secondary

#C56B61

accent

#503FE9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #229AA8

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

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