#229EA5#229EA5

#229EA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.102 H 200.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229EA5
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 165)
HSL	hsl(183, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(183, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 4.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.44, -29.40, -13.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.44, 32.15, 203.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% -0.0949 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.102 200.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.6750, 27.5080, 39.8626)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229EA5 #A52922

analogous

#22A56B #229EA5 #225DA5

triadic

#229EA5 #A5229E #9EA522

tetradic

#229EA5 #6B22A5 #A52922 #5DA522

square

#229EA5 #6B22A5 #A52922 #5DA522

split-complementary

#229EA5 #A5225D #A56B22

monochromatic

#0D3D40 #186D72 #229EA5 #30CCD4 #63D8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#229EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#229EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229EA5

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229EA5	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9197A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808AA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.102 200.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bbbf',
    500: '#229ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229ea5;
$custom-light: #76bbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.206,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63918,
    "c": 0.10157,
    "h": 200.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229EA5

secondary

#C4645F

accent

#483FE9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #229EA5

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

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