#229FB3#229FB3

#229FB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.105 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229FB3
RGB	rgb(34, 159, 179)
HSL	hsl(188, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 11.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.24, -25.43, -19.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.24, 32.17, 217.78°)
OKLab	oklab(64.72% -0.0899 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(64.72% 0.105 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.1910, 28.3884, 47.0017)
Luminance	0.2839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229FB3 #B33622

analogous

#22B37F #229FB3 #2257B3

triadic

#229FB3 #B3229F #9FB322

tetradic

#229FB3 #7F22B3 #B33622 #57B322

square

#229FB3 #7F22B3 #B33622 #57B322

split-complementary

#229FB3 #B32257 #B37F22

monochromatic

#0E444C #187180 #229FB3 #39C3D9 #6CD3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#229FB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#229FB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229FB3

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229FB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229FB3	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F99B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8BB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229fb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 159, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.105 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bbc9',
    500: '#229fb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229fb3;
$custom-light: #78bbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229fb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.276,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64724,
    "c": 0.10535,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229FB3

secondary

#C97568

accent

#553DEB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #229FB3

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

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