#227A79#227A79

#227A79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.080 H 193.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227A79
RGB	rgb(34, 122, 121)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(179, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 0.8%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.50, -25.21, -6.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.50, 26.14, 195.34°)
OKLab	oklab(52.93% -0.0778 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(52.93% 0.08 193.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.0688, 15.6383, 20.5206)
Luminance	0.1564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227A79 #7A2223

analogous

#227A4D #227A79 #224F7A

triadic

#227A79 #79227A #7A7922

tetradic

#227A79 #4D227A #7A2223 #4F7A22

square

#227A79 #4D227A #7A2223 #4F7A22

split-complementary

#227A79 #7A224F #7A4D22

monochromatic

#071A1A #154A4A #227A79 #2FAAA8 #4ACDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#227A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#227A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227A79

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227A79	1.00	5.09	4.13	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727479

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 122, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.080 193.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca19f',
    500: '#227a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227a79;
$custom-light: #6ca19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.318,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52934,
    "c": 0.08015,
    "h": 193.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227A79

secondary

#AD4B4C

accent

#484AE0

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF2F2

border

#C7CCCC

text

#080F0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #227A79

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

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