#229CA0#229CA0

#229CA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.100 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229CA0
RGB	rgb(34, 156, 160)
HSL	hsl(182, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(182, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 2.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.65, -29.98, -11.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.65, 32.06, 200.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% -0.0951 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.1 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.8904, 26.6527, 37.3998)
Luminance	0.2666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229CA0 #A02622

analogous

#22A065 #229CA0 #225DA0

triadic

#229CA0 #A0229C #9CA022

tetradic

#229CA0 #6522A0 #A02622 #5DA022

square

#229CA0 #6522A0 #A02622 #5DA022

split-complementary

#229CA0 #A0225D #A06522

monochromatic

#0D3A3B #176B6E #229CA0 #2DCDD2 #5FD9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#229CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#229CA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229CA0

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229CA0	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)

#9094A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F88A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 156, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.100 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9bc',
    500: '#229ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229ca0;
$custom-light: #75b9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.905,
    "s": 64.948,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63222,
    "c": 0.10025,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229CA0

secondary

#C25F5C

accent

#4540E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #229CA0

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

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