#229E6F#229E6F

#229E6F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.127 H 162.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#229E6F
RGB	rgb(34, 158, 111)
HSL	hsl(157, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(157, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 29.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.98, -44.22, 15.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.98, 46.82, 160.83°)
OKLab	oklab(62.24% -0.1207 0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(62.24% 0.127 162.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.7541, 25.9396, 19.2124)
Luminance	0.2594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#229E6F #9E2251

analogous

#229E31 #229E6F #228F9E

triadic

#229E6F #6F229E #9E6F22

tetradic

#229E6F #31229E #9E2251 #8F9E22

square

#229E6F #31229E #9E2251 #8F9E22

split-complementary

#229E6F #9E228F #9E3122

monochromatic

#0C3928 #176C4C #229E6F #2DD092 #5EDCAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#229E6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#229E6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #229E6F

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##229E6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##229E6F	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)

#9B926C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #229e6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 158, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.127 162.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bb98',
    500: '#229e6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #229e6f;
$custom-light: #72bb98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#229e6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.258,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62239,
    "c": 0.12685,
    "h": 162.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#229E6F

secondary

#C15B82

accent

#4080E8

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #229E6F

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

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