#229D79#229D79

#229D79 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.117 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229D79
RGB	rgb(34, 157, 121)
HSL	hsl(162, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(162, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 0%, 22.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, -41.41, 9.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 42.51, 166.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% -0.1147 0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.117 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.1659, 25.8325, 22.2196)
Luminance	0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229D79 #9D2246

analogous

#229D3B #229D79 #22849D

triadic

#229D79 #79229D #9D7922

tetradic

#229D79 #3B229D #9D2246 #849D22

square

#229D79 #3B229D #9D2246 #849D22

split-complementary

#229D79 #9D2284 #9D3B22

monochromatic

#0C382B #176B52 #229D79 #2DCFA0 #5DDCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#229D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#229D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229D79

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229D79	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999277

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A867B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 157, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.117 167.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bb9f',
    500: '#229d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229d79;
$custom-light: #72bb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.439,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62229,
    "c": 0.11735,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229D79

secondary

#C15A78

accent

#4071E7

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #229D79

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

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