#229CB4#229CB4

#229CB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.106 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229CB4
RGB	rgb(34, 156, 180)
HSL	hsl(190, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(190, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 13.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.35, -23.57, -21.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.35, 31.98, 222.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% -0.0866 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.106 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.7828, 27.4097, 47.3664)
Luminance	0.2741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229CB4 #B43A22

analogous

#22B483 #229CB4 #2253B4

triadic

#229CB4 #B4229C #9CB422

tetradic

#229CB4 #8322B4 #B43A22 #53B422

square

#229CB4 #8322B4 #B43A22 #53B422

split-complementary

#229CB4 #B42253 #B48322

monochromatic

#0F434D #186F81 #229CB4 #3ABFDA #6DD0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#229CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#229CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229CB4

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229CB4	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B97B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7889B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 156, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.106 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b9ca',
    500: '#229cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229cb4;
$custom-light: #78b9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.863,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64021,
    "c": 0.10557,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229CB4

secondary

#CA7868

accent

#593DEB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #229CB4

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

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