#229C7E#229C7E

#229C7E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.112 H 171.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229C7E
RGB	rgb(34, 156, 126)
HSL	hsl(165, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(165, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 0%, 19.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.68, -39.71, 6.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.68, 40.24, 170.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% -0.1112 0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.112 171.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.3120, 25.6214, 23.8203)
Luminance	0.2562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229C7E #9C2240

analogous

#229C41 #229C7E #227D9C

triadic

#229C7E #7E229C #9C7E22

tetradic

#229C7E #41229C #9C2240 #7D9C22

square

#229C7E #41229C #9C2240 #7D9C22

split-complementary

#229C7E #9C227D #9C4122

monochromatic

#0C382D #176A55 #229C7E #2DCEA7 #5DDCBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#229C7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#229C7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229C7E

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229C7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229C7E	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97917D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888680

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229c7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 156, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.112 171.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72baa3',
    500: '#229c7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229c7e;
$custom-light: #72baa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229c7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.246,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62103,
    "c": 0.11248,
    "h": 171.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229C7E

secondary

#C05A73

accent

#416AE7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F3

border

#C8D0CD

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229C7E

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

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