#229BA4#229BA4

#229BA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.100 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229BA4
RGB	rgb(34, 155, 164)
HSL	hsl(184, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(184, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 5.5%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.47, -28.24, -13.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.47, 31.48, 206.20°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% -0.0924 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.1 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.0789, 26.4607, 39.2166)
Luminance	0.2646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229BA4 #A42B22

analogous

#22A46C #229BA4 #225AA4

triadic

#229BA4 #A4229B #9BA422

tetradic

#229BA4 #6C22A4 #A42B22 #5AA422

square

#229BA4 #6C22A4 #A42B22 #5AA422

split-complementary

#229BA4 #A4225A #A46C22

monochromatic

#0D3B3F #176B71 #229BA4 #2FC9D4 #62D6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#229BA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#229BA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229BA4

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229BA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229BA4	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E94A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D87A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229ba4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 155, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.100 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9bf',
    500: '#229ba4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229ba4;
$custom-light: #75b9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229ba4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.154,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63121,
    "c": 0.10014,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229BA4

secondary

#C4655E

accent

#4B3FE9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #229BA4

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

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