#229A79#229A79

#229A79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.114 H 169.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229A79
RGB	rgb(34, 154, 121)
HSL	hsl(164, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(164, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.9%, 0%, 21.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.91, -40.13, 8.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.91, 40.97, 168.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.43% -0.1117 0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(61.43% 0.114 169.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.6646, 24.8299, 22.0525)
Luminance	0.2483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229A79 #9A2243

analogous

#229A3D #229A79 #227F9A

triadic

#229A79 #79229A #9A7922

tetradic

#229A79 #3D229A #9A2243 #7F9A22

square

#229A79 #3D229A #9A2243 #7F9A22

split-complementary

#229A79 #9A227F #9A3D22

monochromatic

#0C362A #176852 #229A79 #2DCCA0 #5BDBB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#229A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#229A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229A79

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229A79	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968F77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87847B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 154, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.114 169.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b89f',
    500: '#229a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229a79;
$custom-light: #72b89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.5,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61434,
    "c": 0.11364,
    "h": 169.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229A79

secondary

#BF5875

accent

#416FE7

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09110E

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #229A79

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

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