#229BA5#229BA5

#229BA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.100 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229BA5
RGB	rgb(34, 155, 165)
HSL	hsl(185, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(185, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 6.1%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, -27.93, -14.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 31.43, 207.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% -0.0919 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.1 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.1695, 26.4970, 39.6941)
Luminance	0.2650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229BA5 #A52C22

analogous

#22A56E #229BA5 #225AA5

triadic

#229BA5 #A5229B #9BA522

tetradic

#229BA5 #6E22A5 #A52C22 #5AA522

square

#229BA5 #6E22A5 #A52C22 #5AA522

split-complementary

#229BA5 #A5225A #A56E22

monochromatic

#0D3C40 #186B72 #229BA5 #30C8D4 #63D5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#229BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#229BA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229BA5

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229BA5	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E94A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C87A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 155, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.100 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9bf',
    500: '#229ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229ba5;
$custom-light: #75b9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.58,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6316,
    "c": 0.10031,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229BA5

secondary

#C4675F

accent

#4C3FE9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #229BA5

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

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