#227E78#227E78

#227E78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.084 H 188.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227E78
RGB	rgb(34, 126, 120)
HSL	hsl(176, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(176, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 0%, 4.8%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.77, -27.52, -4.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.77, 27.87, 189.14°)
OKLab	oklab(53.96% -0.0826 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(53.96% 0.084 188.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.5091, 16.6165, 20.3664)
Luminance	0.1662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227E78 #7E2228

analogous

#227E4A #227E78 #22567E

triadic

#227E78 #78227E #7E7822

tetradic

#227E78 #4A227E #7E2228 #567E22

square

#227E78 #4A227E #7E2228 #567E22

split-complementary

#227E78 #7E2256 #7E4A22

monochromatic

#081E1C #154E4A #227E78 #2FAEA6 #4CCFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#227E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#227E78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227E78

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227E78	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777778

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696D79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 126, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.084 188.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca49e',
    500: '#227e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227e78;
$custom-light: #6ca49e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.087,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53961,
    "c": 0.08356,
    "h": 188.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227E78

secondary

#B14B52

accent

#4751E1

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#080F0E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #227E78

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

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