#229BA9#229BA9

#229BA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.101 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229BA9
RGB	rgb(34, 155, 169)
HSL	hsl(186, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(186, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 8.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.64, -26.65, -16.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.64, 31.33, 211.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% -0.0902 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.101 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.5393, 26.6449, 41.6416)
Luminance	0.2665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229BA9 #A93022

analogous

#22A973 #229BA9 #2258A9

triadic

#229BA9 #A9229B #9BA922

tetradic

#229BA9 #7322A9 #A93022 #58A922

square

#229BA9 #7322A9 #A93022 #58A922

split-complementary

#229BA9 #A92258 #A97322

monochromatic

#0D3E43 #186C76 #229BA9 #32C5D6 #65D3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#229BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#229BA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229BA9

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229BA9	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D95AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B87A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 155, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.101 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9c2',
    500: '#229ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229ba9;
$custom-light: #76b9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.222,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63317,
    "c": 0.1012,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229BA9

secondary

#C56C61

accent

#503EE9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #229BA9

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

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