#229EA3#229EA3

#229EA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.101 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229EA3
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 163)
HSL	hsl(182, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(182, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 3.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, -30.03, -11.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 32.32, 201.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% -0.0958 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.101 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.4944, 27.4357, 38.9114)
Luminance	0.2744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229EA3 #A32722

analogous

#22A367 #229EA3 #225DA3

triadic

#229EA3 #A3229E #9EA322

tetradic

#229EA3 #6722A3 #A32722 #5DA322

square

#229EA3 #6722A3 #A32722 #5DA322

split-complementary

#229EA3 #A3225D #A36722

monochromatic

#0D3C3E #176D70 #229EA3 #2FCDD4 #61D9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#229EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#229EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229EA3

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229EA3	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9296A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8089A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.101 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bbbe',
    500: '#229ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229ea3;
$custom-light: #76bbbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.326,
    "s": 65.482,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63842,
    "c": 0.10141,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229EA3

secondary

#C3625E

accent

#463FE8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #229EA3

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

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