#229EA8#229EA8

#229EA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.102 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229EA8
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 168)
HSL	hsl(184, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(184, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.54, -28.46, -14.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.54, 31.96, 207.08°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% -0.0936 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.102 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.9513, 27.6185, 41.3176)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229EA8 #A82C22

analogous

#22A86F #229EA8 #225BA8

triadic

#229EA8 #A8229E #9EA822

tetradic

#229EA8 #6F22A8 #A82C22 #5BA822

square

#229EA8 #6F22A8 #A82C22 #5BA822

split-complementary

#229EA8 #A8225B #A86F22

monochromatic

#0D3E42 #186E75 #229EA8 #32C9D5 #65D7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#229EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#229EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229EA8

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229EA8	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9197A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8AA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.102 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bbc1',
    500: '#229ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229ea8;
$custom-light: #76bbc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.478,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64033,
    "c": 0.10197,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229EA8

secondary

#C56861

accent

#4B3FE9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #229EA8

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

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