#229C72#229C72

#229C72 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.122 H 164.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229C72
RGB	rgb(34, 156, 114)
HSL	hsl(159, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(159, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 0%, 26.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, -42.70, 12.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 44.60, 163.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.78% -0.1172 0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(61.78% 0.122 164.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.5837, 25.3300, 19.9842)
Luminance	0.2533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229C72 #9C224C

analogous

#229C35 #229C72 #22899C

triadic

#229C72 #72229C #9C7222

tetradic

#229C72 #35229C #9C224C #899C22

square

#229C72 #35229C #9C224C #899C22

split-complementary

#229C72 #9C2289 #9C3522

monochromatic

#0C3829 #176A4D #229C72 #2DCE97 #5DDCB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#229C72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#229C72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229C72

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229C72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229C72	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8575

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229c72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 156, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.122 164.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72ba9a',
    500: '#229c72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229c72;
$custom-light: #72ba9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229c72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.344,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6178,
    "c": 0.1217,
    "h": 164.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229C72

secondary

#C05A7D

accent

#417AE7

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #229C72

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

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