#229D7A#229D7A

#229D7A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.117 H 168.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229D7A
RGB	rgb(34, 157, 122)
HSL	hsl(163, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(163, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 0%, 22.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.90, -41.16, 9.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.90, 42.15, 167.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% -0.1142 0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.117 168.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.2276, 25.8572, 22.5443)
Luminance	0.2586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229D7A #9D2245

analogous

#229D3D #229D7A #22829D

triadic

#229D7A #7A229D #9D7A22

tetradic

#229D7A #3D229D #9D2245 #829D22

square

#229D7A #3D229D #9D2245 #829D22

split-complementary

#229D7A #9D2282 #9D3D22

monochromatic

#0C382C #176B53 #229D7A #2DCFA1 #5DDCB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#229D7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#229D7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229D7A

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229D7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229D7A	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	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)

#999278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89877C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229d7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 157, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.117 168.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bba0',
    500: '#229d7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229d7a;
$custom-light: #72bba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229d7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.927,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62256,
    "c": 0.11658,
    "h": 168.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229D7A

secondary

#C15A77

accent

#4070E7

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #229D7A

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

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