#229CAC#229CAC

#229CAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.102 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229CAC
RGB	rgb(34, 156, 172)
HSL	hsl(187, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(187, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 9.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, -26.18, -17.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 31.52, 213.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% -0.0899 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.102 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.9913, 27.0931, 43.1976)
Luminance	0.2710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229CAC #AC3222

analogous

#22AC77 #229CAC #2257AC

triadic

#229CAC #AC229C #9CAC22

tetradic

#229CAC #7722AC #AC3222 #57AC22

square

#229CAC #7722AC #AC3222 #57AC22

split-complementary

#229CAC #AC2257 #AC7722

monochromatic

#0E3F46 #186E79 #229CAC #34C4D7 #67D3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#229CAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#229CAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229CAC

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229CAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229CAC	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D96AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B88AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229cac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 156, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.102 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9c4',
    500: '#229cac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229cac;
$custom-light: #76b9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229cac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.957,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63689,
    "c": 0.10233,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229CAC

secondary

#C76F63

accent

#523EEA

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #229CAC

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

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