#229EAB#229EAB

#229EAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.103 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229EAB
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 171)
HSL	hsl(186, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(186, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.1%, 7.6%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, -27.51, -16.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 31.87, 210.33°)
OKLab	oklab(64.15% -0.0923 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(64.15% 0.103 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.2340, 27.7315, 42.8065)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229EAB #AB2F22

analogous

#22AB73 #229EAB #225AAB

triadic

#229EAB #AB229E #9EAB22

tetradic

#229EAB #7322AB #AB2F22 #5AAB22

square

#229EAB #7322AB #AB2F22 #5AAB22

split-complementary

#229EAB #AB225A #AB7322

monochromatic

#0E4045 #186F78 #229EAB #34C7D7 #67D5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#229EAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#229EAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229EAB

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229EAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229EAB	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9097AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8AAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229eab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.103 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bbc4',
    500: '#229eab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229eab;
$custom-light: #77bbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229eab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.693,
    "s": 66.829,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64151,
    "c": 0.10259,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229EAB

secondary

#C66C63

accent

#4E3EEA

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #229EAB

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

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