#229D7E#229D7E

#229D7E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.114 H 171.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229D7E
RGB	rgb(34, 157, 126)
HSL	hsl(165, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(165, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 0%, 19.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.00, -40.14, 6.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.00, 40.74, 170.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% -0.1123 0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.114 171)
XYZ	xyz(16.4805, 25.9584, 23.8765)
Luminance	0.2596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229D7E #9D2241

analogous

#229D40 #229D7E #227F9D

triadic

#229D7E #7E229D #9D7E22

tetradic

#229D7E #40229D #9D2241 #7F9D22

square

#229D7E #40229D #9D2241 #7F9D22

split-complementary

#229D7E #9D227F #9D4022

monochromatic

#0C382D #176B56 #229D7E #2DCFA6 #5DDCBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#229D7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#229D7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229D7E

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229D7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229D7E	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98927C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898780

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 157, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.114 171.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bba3',
    500: '#229d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229d7e;
$custom-light: #72bba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.878,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62367,
    "c": 0.11367,
    "h": 171
  },
  "luminance": 0.2596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229D7E

secondary

#C15A74

accent

#406AE7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F3

border

#C8D0CD

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #229D7E

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

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