#229EA0#229EA0

#229EA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.101 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229EA0
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 160)
HSL	hsl(181, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 1.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, -30.95, -10.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 32.66, 198.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.73% -0.0971 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(63.73% 0.101 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.2288, 27.3295, 37.5126)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229EA0 #A02422

analogous

#22A063 #229EA0 #225FA0

triadic

#229EA0 #A0229E #9EA022

tetradic

#229EA0 #6322A0 #A02422 #5FA022

square

#229EA0 #6322A0 #A02422 #5FA022

split-complementary

#229EA0 #A0225F #A06322

monochromatic

#0D3A3B #176C6E #229EA0 #2DD0D2 #5FDBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#229EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#229EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229EA0

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229EA0	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9396A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8189A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.101 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbbc',
    500: '#229ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229ea0;
$custom-light: #75bbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.952,
    "s": 64.948,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63731,
    "c": 0.10138,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229EA0

secondary

#C25E5C

accent

#4340E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #229EA0

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

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