#229FB4#229FB4

#229FB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.106 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229FB4
RGB	rgb(34, 159, 180)
HSL	hsl(189, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(189, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 11.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.27, -25.10, -20.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.27, 32.23, 218.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.77% -0.0895 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(64.77% 0.106 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.2925, 28.4290, 47.5363)
Luminance	0.2843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229FB4 #B43722

analogous

#22B480 #229FB4 #2256B4

triadic

#229FB4 #B4229F #9FB422

tetradic

#229FB4 #8022B4 #B43722 #56B422

square

#229FB4 #8022B4 #B43722 #56B422

split-complementary

#229FB4 #B42256 #B48022

monochromatic

#0F444D #187281 #229FB4 #3AC3DA #6DD2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#229FB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#229FB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229FB4

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229FB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229FB4	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F99B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8BB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229fb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 159, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.106 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bbca',
    500: '#229fb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229fb4;
$custom-light: #78bbca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229fb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.63,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64765,
    "c": 0.10576,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229FB4

secondary

#CA7668

accent

#563DEB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #229FB4

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

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