#229C78#229C78

#229C78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.117 H 167.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229C78
RGB	rgb(34, 156, 120)
HSL	hsl(162, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(162, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 0%, 23.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.53, -41.24, 9.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.53, 42.36, 166.76°)
OKLab	oklab(61.94% -0.1142 0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(61.94% 0.117 167.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.9364, 25.4711, 21.8422)
Luminance	0.2547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229C78 #9C2246

analogous

#229C3B #229C78 #22839C

triadic

#229C78 #78229C #9C7822

tetradic

#229C78 #3B229C #9C2246 #839C22

square

#229C78 #3B229C #9C2246 #839C22

split-complementary

#229C78 #9C2283 #9C3B22

monochromatic

#0C382B #176A51 #229C78 #2DCE9F #5DDCB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#229C78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#229C78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229C78

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229C78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229C78	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989176

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89867A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229c78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 156, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.117 167.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72ba9f',
    500: '#229c78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229c78;
$custom-light: #72ba9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229c78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.295,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61937,
    "c": 0.11687,
    "h": 167.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229C78

secondary

#C05A78

accent

#4172E7

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #229C78

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

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