#229B7E#229B7E

#229B7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.111 H 172.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229B7E
RGB	rgb(34, 155, 126)
HSL	hsl(166, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(166, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 0%, 18.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.35, -39.27, 6.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.35, 39.74, 171.23°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% -0.1102 0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.111 172.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.1449, 25.2872, 23.7646)
Luminance	0.2529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229B7E #9B223F

analogous

#229B42 #229B7E #227C9B

triadic

#229B7E #7E229B #9B7E22

tetradic

#229B7E #42229B #9B223F #7C9B22

square

#229B7E #42229B #9B223F #7C9B22

split-complementary

#229B7E #9B227C #9B4222

monochromatic

#0C372C #176955 #229B7E #2DCDA7 #5CDBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#229B7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#229B7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229B7E

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229B7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229B7E	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96907D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878580

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229b7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 155, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.111 172.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b9a3',
    500: '#229b7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229b7e;
$custom-light: #72b9a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229b7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.62,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61839,
    "c": 0.1113,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229B7E

secondary

#C05972

accent

#4169E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F3

border

#C8D0CD

text

#09110F

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229B7E

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

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