#229EAA#229EAA

#229EAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.102 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229EAA
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 170)
HSL	hsl(185, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(185, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 7.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, -27.83, -15.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 31.89, 209.24°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% -0.0927 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.102 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.1390, 27.6936, 42.3064)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229EAA #AA2E22

analogous

#22AA72 #229EAA #225AAA

triadic

#229EAA #AA229E #9EAA22

tetradic

#229EAA #7222AA #AA2E22 #5AAA22

square

#229EAA #7222AA #AA2E22 #5AAA22

split-complementary

#229EAA #AA225A #AA7222

monochromatic

#0E3F44 #186F77 #229EAA #33C8D6 #66D6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#229EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#229EAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229EAA

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229EAA	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9097AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8AAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.102 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bbc3',
    500: '#229eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229eaa;
$custom-light: #76bbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.294,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64111,
    "c": 0.10236,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229EAA

secondary

#C66B62

accent

#4D3EEA

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #229EAA

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

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