#229AA9#229AA9

#229AA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.101 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229AA9
RGB	rgb(34, 154, 169)
HSL	hsl(187, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(187, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 8.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.33, -26.14, -16.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.33, 31.16, 212.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% -0.0892 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.101 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.3736, 26.3134, 41.5863)
Luminance	0.2632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229AA9 #A93122

analogous

#22A975 #229AA9 #2256A9

triadic

#229AA9 #A9229A #9AA922

tetradic

#229AA9 #7522A9 #A93122 #56A922

square

#229AA9 #7522A9 #A93122 #56A922

split-complementary

#229AA9 #A92256 #A97522

monochromatic

#0D3D43 #186C76 #229AA9 #32C4D6 #65D2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#229AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#229AA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229AA9

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229AA9	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	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)

#8C94AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A87A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 154, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.101 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b8c2',
    500: '#229aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229aa9;
$custom-light: #76b8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63066,
    "c": 0.10094,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229AA9

secondary

#C56C61

accent

#513EE9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #229AA9

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

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