#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
RGBrgb(34, 156, 173)
HSLhsl(187, 67%, 41%)
HSVhsv(187, 80%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(80.3%, 9.8%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(59.10, -25.86, -18.06)
CIE-LCHlch(59.10, 31.54, 214.92°)
OKLaboklab(63.73% -0.0895 -0.0503)
OKLCHoklch(63.73% 0.103 209.3)
XYZxyz(20.0877, 27.1316, 43.7053)
Luminance0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##229CAD1.003.276.436.43
#FFFFFF3.271.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4321.001.001.00
##0000006.4321.001.001.00

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

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#229CAD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva