#229EAD#229EAD

#229EAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.103 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229EAD
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 173)
HSL	hsl(186, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(186, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.3%, 8.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.72, -26.87, -17.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.72, 31.86, 212.50°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% -0.0914 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.103 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.4260, 27.8084, 43.8181)
Luminance	0.2781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229EAD #AD3122

analogous

#22AD76 #229EAD #2258AD

triadic

#229EAD #AD229E #9EAD22

tetradic

#229EAD #7622AD #AD3122 #58AD22

square

#229EAD #7622AD #AD3122 #58AD22

split-complementary

#229EAD #AD2258 #AD7622

monochromatic

#0E4147 #186F7A #229EAD #35C6D7 #68D4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#229EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#229EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229EAD

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229EAD	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F98AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8AAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.103 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bbc5',
    500: '#229ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229ead;
$custom-light: #77bbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.475,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6423,
    "c": 0.10312,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229EAD

secondary

#C76E64

accent

#503EEA

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #229EAD

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

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