#229EB3#229EB3

#229EB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.105 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229EB3
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 179)
HSL	hsl(189, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(189, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 11.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.93, -24.92, -20.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.93, 32.06, 219.00°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% -0.0889 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.105 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.0197, 28.0458, 46.9446)
Luminance	0.2805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229EB3 #B33722

analogous

#22B380 #229EB3 #2255B3

triadic

#229EB3 #B3229E #9EB322

tetradic

#229EB3 #8022B3 #B33722 #55B322

square

#229EB3 #8022B3 #B33722 #55B322

split-complementary

#229EB3 #B32255 #B38022

monochromatic

#0E434C #187180 #229EB3 #39C2D9 #6CD2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#229EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#229EB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229EB3

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229EB3	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E98B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8AB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.105 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bbc9',
    500: '#229eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229eb3;
$custom-light: #78bbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.69,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64475,
    "c": 0.10524,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229EB3

secondary

#C97668

accent

#563DEB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #229EB3

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

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