#229FA9#229FA9

#229FA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.103 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229FA9
RGB	rgb(34, 159, 169)
HSL	hsl(184, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(184, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 5.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.89, -28.64, -14.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.89, 32.14, 207.00°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% -0.0941 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.103 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.2160, 27.9984, 41.8672)
Luminance	0.2800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229FA9 #A92C22

analogous

#22A96F #229FA9 #225CA9

triadic

#229FA9 #A9229F #9FA922

tetradic

#229FA9 #6F22A9 #A92C22 #5CA922

square

#229FA9 #6F22A9 #A92C22 #5CA922

split-complementary

#229FA9 #A9225C #A96F22

monochromatic

#0D3F43 #186F76 #229FA9 #32CAD6 #65D7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#229FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#229FA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229FA9

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229FA9	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9298AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8BA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 159, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.103 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bcc2',
    500: '#229fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229fa9;
$custom-light: #76bcc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.444,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64324,
    "c": 0.10253,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229FA9

secondary

#C56961

accent

#4B3EE9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #229FA9

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

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