#229EA9#229EA9

#229EA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.102 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229EA9
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 169)
HSL	hsl(185, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(185, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, -28.14, -15.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 31.92, 208.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.07% -0.0932 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(64.07% 0.102 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.0448, 27.6559, 41.8101)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229EA9 #A92D22

analogous

#22A971 #229EA9 #225BA9

triadic

#229EA9 #A9229E #9EA922

tetradic

#229EA9 #7122A9 #A92D22 #5BA922

square

#229EA9 #7122A9 #A92D22 #5BA922

split-complementary

#229EA9 #A9225B #A97122

monochromatic

#0D3F43 #186E76 #229EA9 #32C9D6 #65D6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#229EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#229EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229EA9

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229EA9	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9197AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8AA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.102 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bbc2',
    500: '#229ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229ea9;
$custom-light: #76bbc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.889,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64072,
    "c": 0.10215,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229EA9

secondary

#C56961

accent

#4C3EE9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #229EA9

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

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