#229E6E#229E6E

#229E6E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.128 H 161.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229E6E
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 110)
HSL	hsl(157, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(157, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 30.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, -44.45, 15.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 47.21, 160.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% -0.1212 0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.128 161.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.6993, 25.9177, 18.9240)
Luminance	0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229E6E #9E2252

analogous

#229E30 #229E6E #22909E

triadic

#229E6E #6E229E #9E6E22

tetradic

#229E6E #30229E #9E2252 #909E22

square

#229E6E #30229E #9E2252 #909E22

split-complementary

#229E6E #9E2290 #9E3022

monochromatic

#0C3928 #176C4B #229E6E #2DD091 #5EDCAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#229E6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#229E6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E6E

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229E6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229E6E	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)

#9C926B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229e6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.128 161.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bb97',
    500: '#229e6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229e6e;
$custom-light: #72bb97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229e6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.774,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62215,
    "c": 0.12772,
    "h": 161.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229E6E

secondary

#C15B82

accent

#4081E8

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E6E

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

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