#229CA8#229CA8

#229CA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.101 H 205.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229CA8
RGB	rgb(34, 156, 168)
HSL	hsl(185, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(185, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 7.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.92, -27.47, -15.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.92, 31.54, 209.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% -0.0916 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.101 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.6129, 26.9417, 41.2048)
Luminance	0.2694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229CA8 #A82E22

analogous

#22A871 #229CA8 #2259A8

triadic

#229CA8 #A8229C #9CA822

tetradic

#229CA8 #7122A8 #A82E22 #59A822

square

#229CA8 #7122A8 #A82E22 #59A822

split-complementary

#229CA8 #A82259 #A87122

monochromatic

#0D3D42 #186D75 #229CA8 #32C7D5 #65D5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#229CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#229CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229CA8

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229CA8	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E95A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C88A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 156, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.101 205.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9c1',
    500: '#229ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229ca8;
$custom-light: #76b9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.373,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63529,
    "c": 0.10126,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229CA8

secondary

#C56A61

accent

#4E3FE9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #229CA8

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

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