#229C7B#229C7B

#229C7B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.115 H 169.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229C7B
RGB	rgb(34, 156, 123)
HSL	hsl(164, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(164, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 0%, 21.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.60, -40.48, 8.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.60, 41.28, 168.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.02% -0.1127 0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(62.02% 0.115 169.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.1214, 25.5451, 22.8161)
Luminance	0.2555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229C7B #9C2243

analogous

#229C3E #229C7B #22809C

triadic

#229C7B #7B229C #9C7B22

tetradic

#229C7B #3E229C #9C2243 #809C22

square

#229C7B #3E229C #9C2243 #809C22

split-complementary

#229C7B #9C2280 #9C3E22

monochromatic

#0C382C #176A53 #229C7B #2DCEA3 #5DDCB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#229C7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#229C7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229C7B

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229C7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229C7B	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989179

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88867D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229c7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 156, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.115 169.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72baa1',
    500: '#229c7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229c7b;
$custom-light: #72baa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229c7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.77,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62019,
    "c": 0.11461,
    "h": 169.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229C7B

secondary

#C05A75

accent

#416EE7

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #229C7B

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

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