#229BAA#229BAA

#229BAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.101 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229BAA
RGB	rgb(34, 155, 170)
HSL	hsl(187, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(187, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 8.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.68, -26.33, -16.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.68, 31.33, 212.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% -0.0898 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.101 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.6335, 26.6826, 42.1379)
Luminance	0.2668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229BAA #AA3122

analogous

#22AA75 #229BAA #2257AA

triadic

#229BAA #AA229B #9BAA22

tetradic

#229BAA #7522AA #AA3122 #57AA22

square

#229BAA #7522AA #AA3122 #57AA22

split-complementary

#229BAA #AA2257 #AA7522

monochromatic

#0E3E44 #186C77 #229BAA #33C4D6 #66D3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#229BAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#229BAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229BAA

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229BAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229BAA	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D95AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A87AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229baa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 155, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.101 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9c3',
    500: '#229baa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229baa;
$custom-light: #76b9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229baa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.618,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63358,
    "c": 0.10148,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229BAA

secondary

#C66D62

accent

#513EEA

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #229BAA

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

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