#227E79#227E79

#227E79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.083 H 189.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#227E79
RGB	rgb(34, 126, 121)
HSL	hsl(177, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(177, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 0%, 4%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.80, -27.22, -4.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.80, 27.67, 190.35°)
OKLab	oklab(54% -0.0821 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(54% 0.083 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.5701, 16.6409, 20.6877)
Luminance	0.1664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#227E79 #7E2227

analogous

#227E4B #227E79 #22557E

triadic

#227E79 #79227E #7E7922

tetradic

#227E79 #4B227E #7E2227 #557E22

square

#227E79 #4B227E #7E2227 #557E22

split-complementary

#227E79 #7E2255 #7E4B22

monochromatic

#081E1C #154E4B #227E79 #2FAEA7 #4CCFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#227E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#227E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #227E79

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##227E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##227E79	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777779

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696D7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #227e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 126, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.083 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6da49f',
    500: '#227e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #227e79;
$custom-light: #6da49f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#227e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.739,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53996,
    "c": 0.08332,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#227E79

secondary

#B14B51

accent

#474FE1

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#080F0E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #227E79

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

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