#229CAD#229CAD

#229CAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.103 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229CAD
RGB	rgb(34, 156, 173)
HSL	hsl(187, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(187, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.3%, 9.8%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, -25.86, -18.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 31.54, 214.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.73% -0.0895 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(63.73% 0.103 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.0877, 27.1316, 43.7053)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229CAD #AD3322

analogous

#22AD78 #229CAD #2256AD

triadic

#229CAD #AD229C #9CAD22

tetradic

#229CAD #7822AD #AD3322 #56AD22

square

#229CAD #7822AD #AD3322 #56AD22

split-complementary

#229CAD #AD2256 #AD7822

monochromatic

#0E4047 #186E7A #229CAD #35C3D7 #68D3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#229CAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#229CAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229CAD

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229CAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229CAD	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D96AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B88AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229cad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 156, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.103 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9c5',
    500: '#229cad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229cad;
$custom-light: #77b9c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229cad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.338,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6373,
    "c": 0.10266,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229CAD

secondary

#C77064

accent

#533EEA

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #229CAD

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

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