#229CA9#229CA9

#229CA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.102 H 206.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229CA9
RGB	rgb(34, 156, 169)
HSL	hsl(186, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(186, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 7.7%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.95, -27.15, -16.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.95, 31.52, 210.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% -0.0912 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.102 206)
XYZ	xyz(19.7064, 26.9791, 41.6973)
Luminance	0.2698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229CA9 #A92F22

analogous

#22A973 #229CA9 #2258A9

triadic

#229CA9 #A9229C #9CA922

tetradic

#229CA9 #7322A9 #A92F22 #58A922

square

#229CA9 #7322A9 #A92F22 #58A922

split-complementary

#229CA9 #A92258 #A97322

monochromatic

#0D3E43 #186D76 #229CA9 #32C6D6 #65D4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#229CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#229CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229CA9

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229CA9	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E95AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C88A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 156, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.102 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9c2',
    500: '#229ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229ca9;
$custom-light: #76b9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.778,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63569,
    "c": 0.1015,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.26982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229CA9

secondary

#C56B61

accent

#4F3EE9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #229CA9

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

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