#229CA6#229CA6

#229CA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.101 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229CA6
RGB	rgb(34, 156, 166)
HSL	hsl(185, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(185, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.5%, 6%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.85, -28.10, -14.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.85, 31.61, 207.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% -0.0925 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.101 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.4280, 26.8678, 40.2311)
Luminance	0.2687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229CA6 #A62C22

analogous

#22A66E #229CA6 #225AA6

triadic

#229CA6 #A6229C #9CA622

tetradic

#229CA6 #6E22A6 #A62C22 #5AA622

square

#229CA6 #6E22A6 #A62C22 #5AA622

split-complementary

#229CA6 #A6225A #A66E22

monochromatic

#0D3D40 #186C73 #229CA6 #30C8D5 #63D6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#229CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#229CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229CA6

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229CA6	1.00	3.29	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.29	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)

#8F95A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D88A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 156, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.101 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9c0',
    500: '#229ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229ca6;
$custom-light: #76b9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.545,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63451,
    "c": 0.10086,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229CA6

secondary

#C4675F

accent

#4C3FE9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #229CA6

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

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