#229CAA#229CAA

#229CAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.102 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229CAA
RGB	rgb(34, 156, 170)
HSL	hsl(186, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(186, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 8.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, -26.83, -16.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 31.51, 211.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% -0.0908 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.102 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.8006, 27.0168, 42.1936)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229CAA #AA3022

analogous

#22AA74 #229CAA #2258AA

triadic

#229CAA #AA229C #9CAA22

tetradic

#229CAA #7422AA #AA3022 #58AA22

square

#229CAA #7422AA #AA3022 #58AA22

split-complementary

#229CAA #AA2258 #AA7422

monochromatic

#0E3E44 #186D77 #229CAA #33C5D6 #66D4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#229CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#229CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229CAA

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#8E96AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C88AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 156, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.102 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9c3',
    500: '#229caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229caa;
$custom-light: #76b9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.176,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63609,
    "c": 0.10175,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229CAA

secondary

#C66C62

accent

#503EEA

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #229CAA

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

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