#229EA6#229EA6

#229EA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.102 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229EA6
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 166)
HSL	hsl(184, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(184, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.5%, 4.8%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.48, -29.09, -13.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.48, 32.08, 204.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.96% -0.0945 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(63.96% 0.102 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.7664, 27.5445, 40.3438)
Luminance	0.2755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229EA6 #A62A22

analogous

#22A66C #229EA6 #225CA6

triadic

#229EA6 #A6229E #9EA622

tetradic

#229EA6 #6C22A6 #A62A22 #5CA622

square

#229EA6 #6C22A6 #A62A22 #5CA622

split-complementary

#229EA6 #A6225C #A66C22

monochromatic

#0D3D40 #186E73 #229EA6 #30CBD5 #63D8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#229EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#229EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229EA6

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229EA6	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9197A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8AA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.102 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bbc0',
    500: '#229ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229ea6;
$custom-light: #76bbc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.636,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63956,
    "c": 0.10167,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229EA6

secondary

#C4665F

accent

#493FE9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #229EA6

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

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