#229D72#229D72

#229D72 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.123 H 164.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229D72
RGB	rgb(34, 157, 114)
HSL	hsl(159, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(159, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 0%, 27.4%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.72, -43.11, 13.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.72, 45.13, 162.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.05% -0.1182 0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(62.05% 0.123 164)
XYZ	xyz(15.7522, 25.6670, 20.0404)
Luminance	0.2567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229D72 #9D224D

analogous

#229D34 #229D72 #228B9D

triadic

#229D72 #72229D #9D7222

tetradic

#229D72 #34229D #9D224D #8B9D22

square

#229D72 #34229D #9D224D #8B9D22

split-complementary

#229D72 #9D228B #9D3422

monochromatic

#0C3829 #176B4D #229D72 #2DCF97 #5DDCB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#229D72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#229D72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229D72

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229D72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229D72	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229d72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 157, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.123 164.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bb9a',
    500: '#229d72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229d72;
$custom-light: #72bb9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229d72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.024,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62047,
    "c": 0.12298,
    "h": 164
  },
  "luminance": 0.25669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229D72

secondary

#C15A7E

accent

#407BE7

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #229D72

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

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