#229CA5#229CA5

#229CA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.101 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229CA5
RGB	rgb(34, 156, 165)
HSL	hsl(184, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(184, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 5.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.82, -28.42, -13.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.82, 31.66, 206.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% -0.0929 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.101 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.3366, 26.8312, 39.7498)
Luminance	0.2683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229CA5 #A52B22

analogous

#22A56D #229CA5 #225BA5

triadic

#229CA5 #A5229C #9CA522

tetradic

#229CA5 #6D22A5 #A52B22 #5BA522

square

#229CA5 #6D22A5 #A52B22 #5BA522

split-complementary

#229CA5 #A5225B #A56D22

monochromatic

#0D3C40 #186C72 #229CA5 #30C9D4 #63D6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#229CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#229CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229CA5

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229CA5	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F95A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D88A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 156, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.101 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9bf',
    500: '#229ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229ca5;
$custom-light: #76b9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.122,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63412,
    "c": 0.1007,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229CA5

secondary

#C4665F

accent

#4B3FE9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #229CA5

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

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