#229D7B#229D7B

#229D7B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.116 H 169.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229D7B
RGB	rgb(34, 157, 123)
HSL	hsl(163, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(163, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 0%, 21.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.92, -40.91, 8.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.92, 41.79, 168.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% -0.1137 0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.116 169.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.2899, 25.8821, 22.8723)
Luminance	0.2588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229D7B #9D2244

analogous

#229D3E #229D7B #22819D

triadic

#229D7B #7B229D #9D7B22

tetradic

#229D7B #3E229D #9D2244 #819D22

square

#229D7B #3E229D #9D2244 #819D22

split-complementary

#229D7B #9D2281 #9D3E22

monochromatic

#0C382C #176B54 #229D7B #2DCFA2 #5DDCB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#229D7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#229D7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229D7B

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229D7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229D7B	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999279

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89877D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229d7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 157, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.116 169.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bba1',
    500: '#229d7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229d7b;
$custom-light: #72bba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229d7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.415,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62283,
    "c": 0.11584,
    "h": 169.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229D7B

secondary

#C15A77

accent

#406FE7

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #229D7B

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

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