#229D7C#229D7C

#229D7C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.115 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229D7C
RGB	rgb(34, 157, 124)
HSL	hsl(164, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(164, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 0%, 21%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.95, -40.65, 8.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.95, 41.44, 168.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% -0.1133 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.115 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.3528, 25.9073, 23.2036)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229D7C #9D2243

analogous

#229D3E #229D7C #22819D

triadic

#229D7C #7C229D #9D7C22

tetradic

#229D7C #3E229D #9D2243 #819D22

square

#229D7C #3E229D #9D2243 #819D22

split-complementary

#229D7C #9D2281 #9D3E22

monochromatic

#0C382D #176B54 #229D7C #2DCFA4 #5DDCBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#229D7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#229D7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229D7C

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229D7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229D7C	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)

#98927A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89877E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229d7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 157, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.115 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bba1',
    500: '#229d7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229d7c;
$custom-light: #72bba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229d7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.902,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62311,
    "c": 0.1151,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229D7C

secondary

#C15A76

accent

#406DE7

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #229D7C

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

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