#227E72#227E72

#227E72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.086 H 182.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227E72
RGB	rgb(34, 126, 114)
HSL	hsl(172, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(172, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 0%, 9.5%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.59, -29.29, -1.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.59, 29.32, 182.24°)
OKLab	oklab(53.75% -0.0856 -0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(53.75% 0.086 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.1563, 16.4754, 18.5084)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227E72 #7E222E

analogous

#227E44 #227E72 #225C7E

triadic

#227E72 #72227E #7E7222

tetradic

#227E72 #44227E #7E222E #5C7E22

square

#227E72 #44227E #7E222E #5C7E22

split-complementary

#227E72 #7E225C #7E4422

monochromatic

#081E1B #154E46 #227E72 #2FAE9E #4CCFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#227E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#227E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227E72

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227E72	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787672

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6D73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 126, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.086 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca49a',
    500: '#227e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227e72;
$custom-light: #6ca49a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.174,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53753,
    "c": 0.08563,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227E72

secondary

#B14B58

accent

#475BE1

background

#F6FAF9

surface

#ECF4F2

border

#C7CECC

text

#080F0E

muted

#7A7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #227E72

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

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